Suostumaan

Suostumaan is a Finnish verb phrase that conveys giving consent or agreeing to a proposal, action, or condition. The base verb is suostua, meaning to consent or accept, and suostumaan is used in non-finite forms that accompany another verb or clause to express willingness to undertake an action. In everyday language, people say, for example, that someone suostuu tekemään jotakin, meaning they agree to do something. The form can appear in present or past contexts depending on the tense of the main clause.

In Finnish, suostua is commonly used with direct objects or with subordinate clauses. It can express a voluntary decision or permission granted by one party. The construction often involves phrases such as suostua johonkin ehdotukseen or suostua tekemään jotakin, indicating acceptance of a proposal or willingness to perform an action. The present and past forms align with standard Finnish verb conjugation: someone suostuu in the present, or suostui in the past.

The noun suostuminen denotes the act or process of giving consent, while suostumus can be a more formal noun for consent or approval. In many contexts, especially in medicine, research, and law, the term informed consent is widely used, commonly rendered in Finnish as tietoihin perustuva suostumus or informoitu suostumus, highlighting the ethical and legal importance of voluntary agreement after receiving adequate information.

Etymologically, suostua derives from the Finnish verb system and is related to concepts of assent and permission. The related noun forms help distinguish the act of agreeing (suostuminen, suostumus) from the verb itself in discourse.