Muuttuneena

Muuttuneena is a Finnish participial form meaning "having changed" or "in a changed state." It derives from the verb muuttua (to become) or muuttaa (to change) and is used to signal the result of a transformation. The form is most often found in written Finnish, especially in narrative or descriptive prose, where it can describe a subject whose state has changed compared with an earlier moment.

As a participial form it conveys a state rather than the action of changing. It often appears in a predicative position after a form of olla (to be) or as part of a larger participial phrase, for example to describe a person or thing as "muuttuneena"—having become different or altered. Because it is a suffixal participle, its exact use is determined by the surrounding case and sentence structure; it can agree in number and case with the noun it modifies, just like other Finnish participles.

In usage, muuttuneena emphasizes the outcome of change rather than the process. It can shade nuance toward permanence (a state that endures) or toward a contrast with the past, depending on context. It is not a standalone verb form; it functions within clauses to describe state.

See also: muuttuminen, muutos, muuttua.