Muistuttavina

Muistuttavina is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the plural essive (as) of the present active participle muistuttava, meaning “reminding” or “that can remind.” The form is used to describe nouns that serve as reminders or that have the quality of reminding. The base adjective muistuttava is formed from the verb muistuttaa, “to remind.” The plural essive ending -ina attaches to the stem to produce muistuttavina, used when the governed noun is plural in the essive.

In standard Finnish, muistuttavina appears mainly in written or formal language. It is commonly found in contexts where a noun phrase is in the essive case and plural, for example: muistuttavina esimerkkeinä meaning “as reminders in the form of examples” or muistuttavina havaintoina meaning “as reminder observations.” It can also occur with other plural essive nouns to emphasize the reminding function of the items described.

Relation to related forms: Finnish participial adjectives have several related forms. The base form muistuttava means “reminding” or “memorable.” The singular essive form is muistuttavana (as a reminder), while the plural essive form is muistuttavina (as reminders). These forms collectively express the idea of something that serves to remind or that has the quality of reminding, adjusted for number and case in a sentence.

See also: muistuttava, muistuttaa, muistutus. Etymology: derived from the verb muistuttaa with the participle suffix -va/-vä and the essive case endings -na/-nä, producing the plural essive muistuttavina.