Samanaikaisissa

Samanaikaisissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective samanaikainen, meaning concurrent or simultaneous. It is used to modify plural nouns in the inessive case to express that the described events, objects, or processes occur at the same time within a particular situation.

Grammar and etymology: The adjective samanaikainen derives from sama, meaning “same,” and aika, meaning “time,” with the suffix -inen. Like other Finnish adjectives, samanaikainen agrees with the noun in number and case. The inessive plural ending for adjectives is -issa, yielding samanaikaisissa. This form is typically seen with nouns in the inessive case, such as tapahtumissa, tehtävissä, or tilanteissa.

Usage: The form is common in academic, technical, and formal Finnish, especially when referring to events, tasks, conditions, or dimensions that occur concurrently. It often appears with nouns in the inessive case: samanaikaisissa tapahtumissa (in concurrent events), samanaikaisissa tehtävissä (in concurrent tasks), samanaikaisissa tilanteissa (in simultaneous situations).

Examples:

- Tutkimuksessa analysoitiin samanaikaisissa tapahtumissa kerättyä dataa. (In the study, data collected from concurrent events were analyzed.)

- Samanaikaisissa tehtävissä on sekä etuja että haasteita. (There are both advantages and challenges in concurrent tasks.)

- Järjestelmä hyödyntää samanaikaisuutta parantaakseen suorituskykyä. (The system exploits concurrency to improve performance.)

See also: samanaikaisuus (concurrency), samanaikaisesti (simultaneously).