Laajennetuista

Laajennetuista is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the elative plural of the past passive participle laajennettu. In translation terms, it corresponds to “from the expanded ones” or “of the expanded ones,” depending on the sentence structure and accompanying nouns.

The form is used as an adjective-like participial phrase that modifies a plural noun in the elative case. In practice, laajennetuista accompanies nouns that indicate things which have been expanded or enlarged and from which something is being described or extracted. The construction is common in technical, project-management, and planning contexts where decisions refer to items that have undergone expansion.

Typical usage involves phrases such as laajennetuista projekteista or laajennetuista ohjelmistoista, which translate to “from the expanded projects” and “from the expanded software,” respectively. For example, Käsittelimme laajennetuista projekteista aiheutuvia aikataulumuutoksia translates roughly as “We discussed schedule changes arising from the expanded projects.” The form is inseparable from the noun it modifies and follows standard Finnish case harmony for elative plural.

Related forms include laajennettu (singular, past participle), laajennettuja (partitive plural), and laajennettujen (genitive plural). The elative plural laajennetuista is part of a broader pattern where past participles used as adjectives reflect a completed action affecting plural nouns, with the suffix -ista/-istä signaling the elative.

Notes on usage: laajennetuista is technically correct in formal or technical Finnish, but in everyday language speakers may opt for other constructions depending on readability. The choice of whether to use laajennettu, laajennettuja, or laajennetuista depends on the number, case, and role of the modified noun within the sentence.