Listattaisiin

Listattaisiin is the Finnish passive conditional form of the verb listata, meaning to list or to enumerate. It expresses that something would be listed under certain conditions, with the agent performing the action left unspecified. The form is used in contexts where the listing is hypothetical or contingent and the doer is not important or not known.

Formation and usage: In Finnish, the conditional mood signals hypothetical or contingent action, and the passive voice indicates that the subject is acted upon rather than performing the action. The passive conditional forms are created by attaching a suffix such as -taisiin or -täisiin to the stem of the verb in its passive form. For listata, this yields listattaisiin. The exact variant depends on phonological factors, but the meaning remains “would be listed.”

Contexts: Listattaisiin is common in formal, administrative, or policy language, where procedures, data presentation, or cataloging are described without naming an agent. It is also used in hypothetical examples or guidelines where the outcome is a listed set of items rather than an action performed by a specific subject.

Example sentences:

- Jos tiedot olisivat valmiita, ne listattaisiin julkisesti.

- Henkilötietoja listattaisiin vain, jos se on tarpeellista ja sallitua.

Relation to other forms: The active equivalent is listaisivat or listaisimme, depending on person and number. Listattaisiin specifically marks the action as being applied to the subject in a hypothetical, passive, and conditional sense, distinguishing it from direct, agentive statements of listing.

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