Keskustelevassa

Keskustelevassa is a Finnish grammatical form that comes from the verb keskustella, meaning to converse or discuss. It is the inessive singular form of the present active participle kaks piac? No, the form is from the present active participle keskusteleva, with the -ssa ending marking inessive case. In other words, keskustelevassa literally means “in a state of conversing” or more simply “conversing,” and it functions as an adjective describing a noun.

As a participial adjective, keskustelevassa changes to agree with the noun it modifies in number and case. For example, keskustelevassa ryhmässä means “in a group that is conversing,” and keskustelevan opettajan would be “of the teacher who is conversing” in the appropriate case. The base form keskusteleva is the nominative singular, while keskustelevassa is the inessive singular form used in phrases where the noun is in the inessive case.

Usage notes:

- Keskustelevassa describes ongoing speaking or discussing activity and is common in descriptive or formal prose.

- It is not a separate lexeme; it is a declined form of the present active participle of keskustella.

- It can refer to people, groups, or settings characterized by conversation, for example in phrases like keskustelevassa tilassa (in a setting conducive to conversation) or keskustelevat joukkotilaisuudet (conversing events).

See also: keskustelu (discussion), keskustelevan (the active participle in other cases), present active participle forms in Finnish.