Konjugoituihin

Konjugoituihin is a Finnish grammatical form that appears in linguistic descriptions and language-learning materials. It is related to the verb konjugoida, meaning to conjugate, and to the passive participle konjugoitunut, which forms the basis for describing something that has been conjugated. The word konjugoituihin is the illative plural form used to refer to “to the conjugated [ones/forms].”

Morphology and meaning. In Finnish, illative marks direction toward or into something. When applied to a participial or adjectival stem referring to conjugation, the illative plural ending (-iin, with variations such as -ihin/-eihin in some phonological contexts) yields konjugoituihin. Thus the form is used when speaking about multiple items that have undergone conjugation or to indicate movement toward those conjugated items in a grammatical discussion. The exact stem and ending can vary with phonology, but the functional idea remains: it points to the plural set of conjugated forms or verbs.

Usage and style. Konjugoituihin is specialized vocabulary and is mostly found in grammars, language courses, corpora annotations, and academic discussion rather than in everyday speech. In normal Finnish, speakers more commonly refer to “konjugoidut muodot” (conjugated forms) or describe verbs as being conjugated without necessarily using the illative plural form konjugoituihin.

See also. Finnish grammar; illative case; participles; konjugoida (to conjugate); konjugoitunut (conjugated; past participle); taivutus (inflection/declension).