Siirryttäessä

Siirryttäessä is a Finnish adverbial participle form derived from the verb siirtyä, meaning “to move,” “to transfer,” or “to transition.” The word literally conveys the moment or context of a transition and is used to introduce a subordinate clause that describes what happens during that change of state. It is commonly found in written, formal, and technical texts, such as manuals, instructions, and process descriptions.

Morphology and use: Siirryttäessä is formed as an adverbial participle, part of the family that includes other -ttaessa/-ttäessä forms. The construction expresses simultaneity or a condition during the transition, roughly corresponding to English “as [one] moves” or “when transitioning.” It helps to set the temporal or conditional frame for the action described in the main clause. The form is neutral and widely understood in standard Finnish, though it is more typical of formal or instructional prose than everyday speech.

Contexts and examples: Siirryttäessä tilaa toiseen, laite siirtyy automaattisesti valmiustilaan. Siirryttäessä seuraavaan vaiheeseen varmista tiedot ennen toimintaa. In essence, the expression signals that the ensuing actions occur during the transition or at the moment of changing state, rather than being independent of that transition.

See also: siirtyminen, siirtymä, siirtyä. These related terms cover the noun form of movement or transition and other verbal forms connected to shifting from one state to another.