Kutsuttuina

Kutsuttuina is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb kutsua, meaning to call or invite. The word expresses a sense of role or state, roughly translating to “as those who have been summoned” or “as summoned.” It is used to describe groups or individuals in the role of having been called or invited.

The form consists of the past passive participle kutsuttu plus the essive plural suffix -ina/-inä, yielding kutsuttuina. The corresponding singular form is kutsuttuna, used for a single person or thing in the same sense. In practice, kutsuttuna and kutsuttuina appear in formal or literary contexts to indicate how someone or some group is functioning or presented at a given moment.

Usage and examples:

- Kutsuttuina todistajina he saapuivat oikeudenkäyntiin. (They arrived as the summoned witnesses.)

- Hän oli kutsuttuna majatalon juhliin. (He was invited to the inn’s celebration as a guest.)

- Kutsuttuina asiakkaiden edustajina he neuvottelivat tilannetta. (As the invited representatives of the clients, they negotiated the situation.)

Notes:

- Kutsuttuina is primarily a formal or literary construction and may be less common in everyday speech, where simpler phrases such as “sen/heitä kutsuttuna” might be used.

- It is related to other essive forms that express “in the role of” or “as,” differing from the nominative or translative cases that mark other kinds of state or change.

In summary, kutsuttuina is a Finnish participial-essive form used to denote “as those who have been summoned,” typically appearing in formal contexts to describe the role of a group.