Kasutavatesse

Kasutavatesse is an Estonian grammatical form that appears as an illative plural of the adjective kasutatav, meaning usable or to be used. It functions as a modifier in phrases where a plural noun is in the illative case, indicating movement into or toward the items described as usable.

Morphology and usage in Estonian grammar are the main contexts for kasutavatesse. In Estonian, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. When the noun is plural and in the illative case, the corresponding adjective form takes a matching illative plural ending, producing forms such as kasutavatesse. The exact shape of the form can vary with phonology and surrounding morphemes, but kasutavatesse is the standard analytic example cited in grammar descriptions.

Kasutavatesse is primarily encountered in linguistic descriptions, grammars, and dictionaries rather than in everyday prose. It is not a commonly used everyday word, but it serves a specific function for precise reference to multiple items that are described as usable and is sometimes rendered in translated or technical texts to denote “into the usable ones.”

Examples can illustrate its sense in context:

- Kasutatavatesse ruumidesse siseneda tohib. (Into the rooms that are usable, entry is allowed.)

- Projektis keskenduti kasutatavatesse hoonetesse paigutatavale varustusele. (The project focused on equipment placed in usable buildings.)

See also: Estonian grammar, Estonian adjectives, Estonian illative case, Estonian noun–adjective agreement.