Järjestämisenä

Järjestämisenä is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the essive case of the noun järjestäminen, which means the act or process of organizing. The essive expresses a temporary state or role, roughly translating to “as the organizing” or “in the capacity of organizing.”

Formation and meaning

The essive is formed by taking the noun’s stem and adding the essive suffix, here yielding järjestämisenä. It denotes that something is to be understood as, or acting in the capacity of, the act of organizing within a given context. The form is most common in more formal or analytical Finnish, such as academic writing or discussions of processes and functions.

Usage notes

- Järjestämisenä describes a role or state related to organizing, rather than a concrete person who organizes. If the intended meaning is a person who organizes, Finnish usually uses järjestäjä or järjestäjänä.

- The essive contrasts with the translative form järjestämiseksi, which marks change of state or purpose, often translated as “to become/for the purpose of organizing” depending on context.

- In everyday speech, the essive forms of abstract nouns are less frequent; they appear more in thoughtful, descriptive, or terminological uses.

Examples

- Projektissa järjestämisenä toimiminen on tärkeä osa sen onnistumista. (Acting as the act of organizing is an important part of its success.)

- Lainsäädännössä järjestämisenä olevan roolin määrittely on keskeinen osa hallinnon suunnittelua. (Defining the role as the act of organizing is a central part of administrative planning.)

See also

- Järjestäminen

- Essive case

- Finnish grammar notes on case forms and modality