Minuuteissa

Minuuteissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun minuutti, meaning minute. It literally translates to “in the minutes” and is used to indicate a location in time, typically within a span of several minutes or the minutes following a reference point.

Morphology and related forms: The singular inessive form is minuutissa (in a minute / within a minute). The plural inessive form is minuuteissa (in the minutes / within the minutes). Finnish forms change with number and case, so minuuteissa is the result of applying the inessive plural suffix to the word minuutti. Other relevant forms include the partitive minuuttia (three minutes) and the genitive minuuttien (the minutes of).

Usage: Minuuteissa occurs mainly in contexts that describe a timeframe or a window of time after an event, rather than simply counting minutes. It is common in written Finnish and in formal or journalistic narration. It often appears with words like seuraavissa (the following), indicating that something will occur or be observed within the coming minutes.

Examples:

- Seuraavissa minuuteissa tilanne selviää. (In the following minutes, the situation will become clear.)

- Tutkimus täydentyy seuraavissa minuuteissa. (The study will be completed in the coming minutes.)

See also: minuutti, minuuttia, minuuttien, minuutin, Finnish noun cases, inessive case, time expressions in Finnish.