Rakentamissaan

Rakentamissaan is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb rakentaa (to build). It is an inessive possessive participial form that can be translated roughly as “in his/her building” or “in what he/she is building.” The form combines a deverbal noun indicating the act of building with a possessive suffix and the inessive case to express location or context for the action from the subject’s point of view.

Usage and function

Rakentamissaan typically appears in written Finnish, especially in descriptive or narrative prose, and is less common in everyday speech. It serves to place the action of building within a particular space, project, or context, with the perspective anchored to the subject. The phrase can be extended with modifiers or compound nouns to specify what is being built or where, for example in phrases such as “rakentamissaan tiloissa” (in the spaces he is building) or “rakentamissaan projektissa” (in the project he is building).

Morphology and interpretation

The form is a result of combining a verbal action noun related to البناء with possessive and locative inflection. It is distinct from the ordinary present participle (rakentava) and from the noun “rakentaminen” (the act of building). In context, rakentamissaan functions as an adverbial or dependent phrase that clarifies the location or scope of the subject’s building activity.

See also

Finnish grammar, participles, inessive case, possessive suffixes.