Pystyviä

Pystyviä is the partitive plural form of the present active participle pystyvä, which comes from the Finnish verb pystyä meaning “to be able” or “to be capable.” As a participial adjective, pystyvä describes a noun and indicates capability or competence. The form pystyviä is used when the modified noun is in the partitive case or when the statement refers to an indefinite quantity of capable subjects.

Grammatically, pystyvä functions like an adjective but is derived from a verb, so it agrees with the noun in number and case. The plural partitive form pystyviä is typically found in noun phrases such as pystyviä eläimiä (capable animals, in partitive) or pystyviä ihmisiä (capable people). Its use is common in descriptive or evaluative contexts, including academic writing, journalism, and everyday speech when signaling that certain subjects possess a particular ability or skill.

Nuances and usage tips:

- Use pystyviä when the overall noun phrase is in the partitive (often after negation or in contexts implying an indefinite set of subjects).

- In nominative constructions referring to a definite group performing an action, the corresponding form would be pystyvät (they are capable).

Origin and relation to pystyä:

Pystyvä and its inflected forms are built from pystyä, and pystyviä is one of the standard inflections for matching the noun’s number and case. It is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical form used to express capability within noun phrases.