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Jätän mekkoni ompelijalle paikattavaksi.

Jätän mekkoni ompelijalle paikattavaksi.
I leave my dress to the dressmaker to be patched.
From Lesson 365:Translative passive participles (-tavaksi / -täväksi)·Finnish

Questions & Answers about Jätän mekkoni ompelijalle paikattavaksi.

How does the translative ending in paikattavaksi change its meaning?
The base word is the passive present participle paikattava (to be patched). Adding the translative case ending -ksi shows the intended outcome, state, or purpose of an action. Here, it specifies the purpose of leaving the dress: it is left 'for the purpose of being patched'.
Can I use this -tavaksi structure with verbs other than jättää?
Yes, this is a very common pattern with verbs involving giving, bringing, or sending things to be worked on. You will frequently see it with verbs like antaa (to give), viedä (to take), and lähettää (to send), such as in Vien auton korjattavaksi (I take the car to be repaired).
Why is ompelijalle in the allative case (-lle) instead of an 'in' or 'into' case?
The verb jättää (to leave) is a location verb. If you leave something in a physical place, you use the illative case (like jätän sen kotiin, I leave it at home). However, when you leave something with or to a person, Finnish requires the allative case -lle, hence ompelijalle.
Why is the object mekkoni instead of taking an accusative/genitive '-n' ending?
As a total object, the dress would normally be in the genitive-accusative case, which is mekon. However, an important rule to remember is that whenever you add a possessive suffix like -ni (my), the genitive -n is always dropped. Therefore, mekon + -ni simply becomes mekkoni.

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