Kohdatuissa

Kohdatuissa is a Finnish grammatical form described as the inessive plural of the participial adjective kohdattu, literally meaning “encountered.” The term is used to refer to nouns that are described as having been encountered or met in a prior discourse, study, or process. The form derives from the verb kohdata (to encounter) and the past participle kohdattu (encountered).

Morphology and formation: Kohdatuissa is formed by taking the participial adjective kohdattu and inflecting it for number and case to match a plural noun in the inessive case, which answers the question “in what state?” or “in which place?” In Finnish, the inessive plural ending is -issa/-issä, yielding kohdatuissa. This allows the phrase to function as an attributive modifier or as part of predicate structures in academic or formal prose.

Usage and scope: Kohdatuissa is most commonly found in written Finnish, especially in academic, analytical, or technical texts. It often appears in phrases such as kohdatuissa tapauksissa, kohdatuissa tutkimuksissa, or kohdatuissa tilanteissa, where the sense is that certain items or phenomena have already been encountered or addressed. The construction emphasizes a prior encounter rather than a current state, and it can contribute to a formal tone.

Examples:

- Kohdatuissa tapauksissa tulokset osoittavat tilastollisesti merkitseviä eroja.

- Kohdatuissa tutkimuksissa käytetty menetelmä johti luotettaviin havaintoihin.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, inessive case, adjectives.