Funktionaalisiksi

Funktionaalisiksi is a Finnish translative plural form of the adjective funktionaalinen, meaning “functional.” In Finnish grammar, the translative case marks a change of state or a transformation into a new condition. When used with verbs of becoming, such as muuttua (to become) or tulla (to become), funktionaalisiksi expresses “becoming functional” for a plural subject.

Morphologically, the form is built from the stem funktionaalis- and the translative plural suffix -iksi, yielding funktionaalisiksi. The corresponding singular form is funktionaaliseksi, used with a singular subject (for example, Hanke muuttuu funktionaaliseksi, meaning “The project becomes functional”). The plural form is used with plural subjects (for example, Hankkeet muuttuvat funktionaalisiksi, meaning “The projects become functional”).

Usage and nuances: Funktionaalisiksi describes a state that something assumes or is transformed into, rather than the action of making it functional. In technical or practical contexts, developers and researchers may contrast this with toiminta- tai kylläisyyslämpeneviä ongelmia and with the process-denoting noun funktionalisoida or the noun funktionalisointi, which refer to the act of making something functional. Thus, funktionaalisiksi typically appears in descriptive or evaluative statements about the resulting functional state of systems, tools, or concepts, rather than to denote the act of functionalization itself.

See also: funktionaalinen, funktionalisointi, funktionalisoida.