Negatiiveja

Negatiiveja is a Finnish noun form derived from negatiivi, meaning negative. It is the partitive plural form used when referring to multiple negatives in a sentence. For example, in Finnish you might say, “Minulla on useita negatiiveja,” meaning “I have several negatives.”

In the context of photography, the standard term for the physical negatives is negatiivit (plural nominative). Negatiiveja, however, appears when the object is in the partitive case, such as in a sentence describing an indefinite subset of negatives. Example: “Arkistossa on paljon negatiiveja,” meaning “There are many negatives in the archive.” The distinction between negatiivit and negatiiveja is a matter of grammatical case rather than a change in meaning.

Beyond photography, negatiiveja can also refer to negative items or instances in a larger set when the partitive is required by the verb or the sentence structure. In everyday Finnish, people more commonly use negatiivit (for the plural nominative) or negatiiviset/runka expressions for plural negatives in broader contexts, while negatiiveja is chosen for grammatically appropriate partitive constructions.

In summary, negatiiveja is a Finnish partitive plural form of negatiivi used to denote multiple negatives in contexts where the partitive case is required. Related terms include negatiivi (the base noun), negatiivinen (the adjective form), and negatiiviset (the plural adjective form).