Havainnollistamassa

Havainnollistamassa is a Finnish present participle form of the verb havainnollistaa, meaning to illustrate, demonstrate, or clarify. The form expresses that the subject is in the act of illustrating or that illustrating is being used to make something clearer. In written Finnish, havainnollistamassa is typically used as an adverbial or attributive participle to convey the manner in which something is shown, often in formal or instructional contexts.

Grammatical notes and usage

Havainnollistaa is a transitive verb, typically taking an object such as a phenomenon, concept, or process. The participle havainnollistamassa is formed from the same stem and is commonly employed to compress information into a concise clause or phrase. It can function as a modifier of a noun or as part of a larger clause to indicate that illustrating activity accompanies the main action. In practice, it is more prevalent in written, especially academic or technical, prose and is less common in everyday speech.

Examples

- Havainnollistamalla ilmiötä taulukoin, teksti selventää kehityssuuntaa. (By illustrating the phenomenon with tables, the text clarifies the direction of development.)

- Tutkimuksessa havainnollistamassa tuloksia erilaisten kaavioiden avulla, esitetyt havainnot ovat selkeämpiä. (In the study, illustrating the results with different diagrams makes the findings clearer.)

Related terminology

Havainnollistaa has synonyms such as selittää, esittää visuaalisesti, tai havainnollinen, which describe how information is made clear. The participle form havainnollistamassa is part of Finnish’s rich system of adverbial and attributive participles, used to add precise, descriptive nuance without full subordinate clauses.

Notes

The construction is characteristic of formal Finnish and academic writing; in casual speech, speakers may prefer simpler verb forms or full clauses to express illustration.