Kutsuttua

Kutsuttua is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb kutsua, meaning "to invite" or "to summon." It belongs to the family of past passive participles that are formed with the derivational suffix -ttua. Kutsuttua denotes an action that has been completed in the past and refers to the state or condition of a noun that has been invited or summoned. The form typically appears in partitive or other non-nominative contexts, or inside descriptive noun phrases, where the speaker wants to express indefiniteness or a partially specified object.

In standard Finnish the basic past passive participle is kutsuttu. Kutsuttua, by contrast, is used when the participle must take the partitive case or when it functions within a construction that requires a non-finite, attributive form. For example, phrases like kutsuttua väkeä can be understood as "invited people" in a partially indefinite sense, depending on the surrounding syntax. The usage is more common in written Finnish, including formal prose, grammar explanations, and certain literary styles, and is less frequent in casual conversation.

Related forms include kutsuttu (the plain past passive participle, e.g., "invited"), kutsuttuja (partitive or plural forms used in noun phrases), and other -ttua participles derived from different verbs. The word is built from the root kutsu "invitation" or "call" plus derivational suffix -ttua, illustrating Finnish word formation patterns in which participles convey aspect and definiteness.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, kutsua, word formation in Finnish.