Breakdown of Sinun on vatkattava taikina, jotta se on pehmeä.
olla
to be
se
it / he / she (of a person) / that
sinä
you
pehmeä
soft
jotta
so that / in order to
taikina
dough
vatkata
to whip
Questions & Answers about Sinun on vatkattava taikina, jotta se on pehmeä.
Why is the object taikina in the nominative form instead of taking an -n ending?
In Finnish, when an entire object belongs to a necessity structure like the on vatkattava phrase here, it takes the nominative case instead of the genitive-accusative. This is why you see taikina instead of taikinan.
Could I use the verbs täytyy or pitää instead of the on vatkattava structure?
Yes, sinun täytyy vatkata and sinun pitää vatkata mean the exact same thing. The on vatkattava structure is simply a slightly more formal, but extremely common, alternative for expressing necessity.
How does the verb vatkata change to become vatkattava?
vatkata is a Type 4 verb. To form this necessity structure, you need the passive present participle. You take the passive stem by dropping the final -a and adding -at- to get vatkat-, and then add the participle ending -tava.
Could we express this result without using the jotta clause?
Yes! A very natural way to express the result of an action is using the translative case. You could drop the jotta clause entirely and say Sinun on vatkattava taikina pehmeäksi, which conceptually means whipping the dough 'into a soft state'.
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