Haluttavassa

Haluttavassa is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective haluttava, meaning desirable or wanted. It is the inessive singular form, used to describe a noun in the inessive case, roughly translating to “in a desirable state” or “in a place of being desirable.” The base stem haluttava comes from haluta, “to want,” and carries the sense of something being desirable or sought after.

Morphology and usage: In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. Haluttavassa appears when the noun it modifies is singular and in the inessive case (ending in -ssa/-ssä). Other inflected forms include haluttavan (genitive), haluttavaa (partitive), haluttavasta (elative), haluttavaan (illative), and so on. The dictionary form is haluttava, and haluttavassa is one of several surface forms used to fit the noun’s case.

Examples: Haluttavassa kunnossa oleva auto (“a car in desirable/good condition”). Haluttavassa tilanteessa oleva päätös could be translated as “a decision made in a desirable situation,” illustrating how the form integrates with different noun phrases.

Usage notes: Haluttavassa is most common in descriptive or evaluative contexts, including writing about properties, states, or conditions that are considered desirable. The exact nuance depends on the surrounding noun and the broader discourse; the adjective simply marks desirability as a property of the described noun.

See also: haluttava; inessive case; Finnish grammar.