Kunnostamalla

Kunnostamalla is the gerund form of the Finnish verb kunnostaa, meaning to restore, refurbish or repair something to a better condition. In usage, kunnostamalla expresses the means or method by which a change is achieved, roughly translating to “by restoring,” “through refurbishment,” or “by upgrading.”

In grammar, kunnostamalla functions as an adverbial participle that introduces a clause describing how an action is carried out. It often appears in contexts discussing maintenance, rehabilitation or improvement of physical objects, infrastructure, or systems. The form is contrasted with other nominalized or infinitive variants such as kunnostaminen (refurbishment or maintenance process) and kunnostus (a repair or improvement measure).

Context and usage examples are common in technical, planning or policy language. For instance:

- Kunnostamalla vanhoja rakennuksia voidaan pidentää niiden käyttöikää.

- Projekti keskittyy kunnostamiseen ja modernisointiin.

- Laitteita kunnostamalla voidaan vähentää toimintahäiriöitä.

Kunnostaminen, kunnostus ja kunnostus ovat related terms. Kunnostaminen refers to the overall process of restoring or upgrading; kunnostus can denote a specific repair or improvement measure; kunnostus is sometimes used interchangeably with maintenance. The term kunnostamalla is most natural in sentences describing the means to achieve a desired outcome, especially in technical, environmental or municipal contexts, and is typically used in written Finnish to convey a method or approach.