Jatkavaa

Jatkavaa is a Finnish present active participle form of the verb jatkaa, used as an attributive adjective in its partitive singular form to denote ongoing or continuous characteristics of a noun. The form jatkavaa appears when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, as in jatkavaa keskustelua ("ongoing discussion") or jatkavaa kehitystä ("ongoing development"). It originates from the verb jatkaa meaning "to continue," with the participial suffix -va that forms participles describing ongoing action.

In Finnish grammar, participles can function as adjectives and take the relevant case endings to agree with the nouns they modify; thus jatkavaa corresponds to the partitive singular. It signals that the action or state is in progress rather than complete.

Usage and nuance: jatkavaa is commonly found in formal writing, journalism, and academic prose to emphasize a process that is continuing. It is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical form of the verb and the participle. In contrast to the neuter "jatkuva," which can mean "continuous" in a general sense, jatkavaa conveys ongoingness when the governed noun is in the partitive.

Examples: jatkavaa keskustelua ("ongoing discussion"), jatkavaa kehitystä ("ongoing development"). See also: Finnish grammar, present active participle, partitive.