Esitelmissä

Esitelmissä is a Finnish word that functions as the plural inessive form of esitelmä, meaning a presentation or talk. The term literally translates to “in the presentations” and is used to indicate location or context inside several talks or presentation events. It is common in academic, educational, and professional writing to refer to content, statements, or materials that appear within multiple presentations.

Morphology and usage: The plural nominative is esitelmät. To form the inessive plural, the suffix -ssä is added, yielding esitelmissä. The spelling mirror reflects standard Finnish phonology, with the consonant cluster resulting from the combination of the plural stem and the inessive suffix. Esitelmissä can describe where certain information is presented or discussed, for example: Esitelmissä on käsitelty tutkimuksen taustaa. This means that the background of the study was discussed in the presentations.

Context and nuance: Esitelmissä is most often found in written summaries, conference proceedings, or lecture notes where the author references content that appears across several talks. It contrasts with esitelmässä (in the presentation) or esitelmille (for the presentations), which are singular or dative forms. The term is neutral and technical in tone, appropriate for factual descriptions rather than informal speech.

See also: esitelmä, esitystavat, konferenssi.