Otettu

Otettu is a Finnish past passive participle formed from the verb ottaa, meaning “to take.” It denotes that the action of taking has been completed and is used to express the passive voice in combination with the auxiliary olla, or as an attributive adjective. For example, the sentence Kuva on otettu means “The photo has been taken.” The participle also appears in longer tense structures such as Kuvat on otettu eilen (“The photos have been taken yesterday”) and in passive past constructions like Kuvat otettiin eilen (“Photos were taken yesterday”).

As an adjective, otettu agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. Typical forms include otetun in the genitive singular, otetut in the nominative plural, and otettua in the partitive, as in otettua kuvaa or otetun kuvan laatu (“the quality of the taken photo”). The expression otetut kuvat refers to “taken photos” or “photos that were taken.”

Usage context and nuance: otettu emphasizes that the taking of the object is completed and that the agent is not specified. The corresponding active perfect form for a subject who took the item is ottanut (as in Olen ottanut kuvan, “I have taken a photo”). Otettu is common in photography, journalism, documentation, and everyday speech, where a non-specific or reported completion is desired.

See also: ottaa, ottaminen, ottanut.