Kokoontuneisiin

Kokoontuneisiin is a Finnish inflected form derived from the verb kokoontua, meaning to gather or assemble. It is the illative plural form of the past participle kokoontunut, literally rendering “into (the) gathered,” and it is used to refer to a group of people who have gathered or assembled.

Grammatically, kokoontuneisiin functions as a noun-like or nominalized phrase in illative plural. It typically appears with a following partitive or illative object, forming expressions such as kokoontuneisiin osallistujiin (to the participants who have gathered) or in sentences that reference the group itself as the target or recipient of actions or statements. The form is most often found in formal or written Finnish, particularly in descriptions of events, meetings, or assemblies.

Usage of kokoontuneisiin is common in formal journalism, official reports, meeting minutes, and documentary prose. It conveys a sense of a specific gathered subset of people and emphasizes the fact that those people have already assembled. In everyday, informal speech, speakers are more likely to use simpler constructions such as kokoontuneet ihmiset or the phrase referring to attendees without the illative plural form.

Examples include sentences such as: Kokoontuneisiin osallistujiin lähetettiin tilaisuuden ohjelma. The participants who had gathered were sent the event program. Another example: Kokoontuneisiin viitattiin raportissa, jossa käytiin läpi tilaisuuden päätökset. These usages illustrate how kokoontuneisiin marks a destination or reference to the group defined by their having gathered.