Puhutuista

Puhutuista is a Finnish grammatical form that corresponds to the elative plural of the past passive participle puhuttu, meaning “spoken.” It can function as an adjective or as a part of a larger noun phrase referring to content that has been spoken rather than written.

Formation and meaning: The base verb is puhua, “to speak.” The past passive participle is puhuttu, “spoken.” To form puhutuista, the participle is combined with the elative plural suffix -ista, yielding a phrase that can be translated roughly as “from the things that have been spoken” or “the spoken ones.” In practice, puhutuista typically appears inside larger noun phrases rather than as a stand-alone word.

Usage: Puhutuista is most common in formal or written Finnish and is used to refer to content that originated in spoken language. It often appears in constructions such as puhutuista asioista or puhutuista lausunnoista, meaning “about the things that have been spoken” or “from the statements that have been spoken.” Because it is a participial form, puhutuista must attach to a noun or function within a larger phrase; it is not usually used as a simple standalone noun.

Context and nuance: The term emphasizes speech-derived content and distinguishes it from written or otherwise conveyed material. Its use tends toward academic, journalistic, or administrative registers, where precise sourcing from spoken discourse is relevant.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles in Finnish, elative case.