Harjoitettavista

Harjoitettavista is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the participial adjective harjoitettava, meaning “to be practiced” or “to be trained.” It is the elative plural form, used to refer to topics, items, or matters that are intended to be practiced or rehearsed. In practice, harjoitettavista appears in phrases such as harjoitettavista asioista, meaning “about matters to be practiced,” or similar constructions where the elative case indicates origin or reference.

The form sits mostly in formal or technical Finnish. It is common in instructional materials, guidelines, manuals, and academic or policy texts where the content to be trained or rehearsed is being described or discussed. Because it is a specialized, written register, harjoitettavista is less frequent in everyday spoken language, where simpler expressions are often used to convey the same idea.

Formation and related forms: harjoitettava is the base participle meaning “to be practiced.” The nominative plural is harjoitettavat (the things to be practiced). The elative plural harjoitettavista represents “from/about the things to be practiced” or “about matters to be practiced,” depending on the sentence. Other related forms include harjoitettava (singular) and harjoitettavat (nominative plural). The word illustrates how Finnish uses participial stems combined with case endings to express nuanced relations such as origin, reference, or topic.

See also: harjoittaminen (practice), harjoitella (to practice), Finnish participles and case inflection.