Digitaalisessa

Digitaalisessa is the inessive singular form of the Finnish adjective digitaalis/digitaalinen, used with a noun in the same case to express “in digital form” or “in the digital domain.” In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify, so digitaalisessa appears in sentences where the modified noun is in the inessive case (for example muodossa, ympäristössä).

Common usage and examples:

- Dokumentit ovat digitaalisessa muodossa. (The documents are in digital form.)

- Tiedot tallennetaan digitaalisessa ympäristössä. (The data are stored in a digital environment.)

- Digitaalisessa muodossa oleva tieto on helppo jakaa verkossa. (Information in digital form is easy to share online.)

In everyday Finnish, the more general term digitaalisessa tilanteessa or digitaalisessa kontekstissa is used to describe being within the digital context.

Etymology and notes:

The form derives from the Finnish adjective digitaalis- or digitaalinen, itself borrowed and adapted from Latin digitalis via English and other languages, reflecting the concept of digital technology. In contemporary Finnish, digitaalinen is the more common basic adjective, while digitaalisessa is encountered in compound phrases where the noun it modifies is in the inessive case. As a stand-alone word, digitaalisessa does not convey a complete meaning without a following noun in the same case.

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