Suosittelevaan

Suosittelevaan is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the illative singular of the present active participle suositteleva, which is derived from the verb suositella meaning “to recommend.” The present active participle suositteleva functions as an attributive adjective meaning “recommending,” and suosittelevaan is formed by adding the illative suffix -an to this participle stem, yielding a form that can be glossed as “to the recommending one.”

Morphologically, suosittelevaan consists of the participle base suositteleva- plus the illative suffix -an. As with other Finnish adjectives and participles of the -va/-vä class, it declines for number and person, and in the illative singular it marks a directional or purposive relation to the noun it modifies. The form is most often encountered in descriptive grammars, linguistic texts, or older or highly formal Finnish; in everyday modern usage the illative participle forms are relatively rare, and speakers usually rely on the base participle or alternative constructions.

Usage and context are important: suosittelevaan is primarily seen in scholarly or literary contexts where the illative case can attach to adjectival participles to express a specific syntactic role, such as directing the action toward a described recipient or target. In contemporary, colloquial Finnish, this precise form is uncommon, and clearer modern alternatives are typically preferred.

See also: Finnish grammar, present active participle, illative case, suositella.