Lentäessään

Lentäessään is a Finnish word that translates to "while flying" or "when flying" in English. It is the adverbial form of the verb "lentää," meaning "to fly." This grammatical construction indicates an action that occurs during the act of flying.

For example, a sentence like "Lintu istui oksalla lentäessään" would mean "The bird sat on a branch while flying." However, this specific sentence is illogical in its meaning. A more logical example would be "Lentäessään varjo lensi talon yli," translating to "While flying, the shadow flew over the house." Here, "lentäessään" describes the temporal context of the shadow's movement.

The word can be used in various contexts, referring to the flight of birds, insects, aircraft, or even metaphorical flight, such as the passage of time. The specific meaning is often clarified by the surrounding sentence and the overall context of the discussion. The "-ssään" suffix in Finnish indicates a possessive reflexive form, meaning "itself" or "his/her/their own." In this case, it refers back to the subject performing the action of flying.