Muuttuvaksi

Muuttuvaksi is a Finnish grammatical form that arises from the verb muuttua, meaning “to become” or “to change.” It is the translative form of the present active participle muuttuva (changing), and it is used to express a change of state or a transformation into a new condition. In practice, muuttuvaksi signals the end state into which something is becoming.

Morphology and function

Muuttuvaksi is composed from the stem muuttuva and the translative suffix -ksi, yielding the form that can be translated as “into a changing [state]” or more naturally “into [something] that becomes/changes.” The translative case marks the direction or result of a change, and with kvalities described by participles, muuttuvaksi describes what something becomes as a result of a process. It is a comparatively formal or technical construction and is more common in written or specialized Finnish than in everyday speech.

Usage notes and examples

Muuttuvaksi typically appears in clauses that discuss transformation or becoming a certain state. Examples include:

- Tilanne muuttuu muuttuvaksi. (The situation becomes mutable/variable.)

- Materiaali muuttuu muuttuvaksi valon vaikutuksesta. (The material becomes variable under the influence of light.)

In these uses, the predicate foregrounds the resulting state described by the following phrase, with muuttuvaksi indicating the direction of change.

Relation to related forms

Muuttuvaksi is related to the base verb muuttua and the adjective muuttuva (changing). It contrasts with other translatives that express different state changes and with basic forms that do not denote a change of state.

See also

muuttua, muuttuva, translatiivinen tapaus, Suomen kieli.