Demonstratiivisten

Demonstratiivisten is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the genitive plural of the adjective demonstratiivinen, meaning demonstrative. In Finnish, demonstratives are words used to point to a referent in space or discourse, such as tämä (this), tuo (that), nämä (these), and ne (those). Demonstratiivinen, like other adjectives, inflects to agree with the noun it modifies, including in the genitive plural form demonstratiivisten.

The form demonstratiivisten appears when the noun it accompanies is in the genitive plural, or when forming a noun phrase with a noun in genitive plural. For example, in the phrase demonstratiivisten sanojen, both demonstratiivisten and sanojen are in genitive plural, yielding a sense of “of the demonstrative words” or “the demonstrative words’.” This illustrates how adjectives of the -inen type take the -isten ending in genitive plural.

Typical uses include indicating possession or attribution to a group of demonstratives, and describing phrases where the referent set is plural and the noun is in genitive. The form is an expected part of Finnish adjective declension, showing agreement with the noun in number and case.

Example sentences:

- Tutkimuksessa käsitellään demonstratiivisten sanojen taivutusta. (The study covers the inflection of demonstrative words.)

- Kirjoittaja viittaa demonstratiivisten adjektiivien käyttöön teksteissä. (The writer refers to the use of demonstrative adjectives in texts.)

Relation to other forms: the nominative plural is demonstratiiviset, while the genitive plural is demonstratiivisten; genitive singular is demonstratiivisen. Demonstratiivisten thus represents one specific inflected form within the broader system of Finnish demonstratives and adjective declension.