Sovellettuina

Sovellettuina is a Finnish grammatical form used to express “as applied” or “in its applied form.” It is the essive plural form of the past participle sovellettu, meaning “applied.” The form is found mainly in formal or technical writing, where authors discuss how rules, methods, or concepts function when they are applied in practice, as opposed to their theoretical or abstract sense. It often accompanies plural subjects or collective references.

Formation and use: Sovellettuina is created from the past participle sovellettu by adding the essive plural suffix -ina/-inä, depending on vowel harmony, yielding sovellettuina. The singular essive form would be sovellettuna. The essive case marks a temporary state or role, so sovellettuina indicates the state “as applied” for multiple items or factors being considered together.

Contexts: The form is particularly common in legal texts, policy analysis, manuals, and scientific reporting. It helps distinguish practical application from general principles and is useful when comparing theoretical models with how they operate in real-world settings.

Examples:

- Sovellettuina käytännön tilanteisiin ohjeet osoittavat, miten järjestelmä toimii.

- Tutkimuksessa sovellettuina menetelminä käytettiin kolmea erilaista protokollaa.

Notes: Sovellettuina is relatively rare in everyday spoken Finnish and is mainly encountered in written technical language. It is related to other forms built on soveltaa (to apply) and to the broader Finnish essive case used to express states or roles.