Suunnattavaksi

Suunnattavaksi is a Finnish linguistic form used to express that something is intended to be directed at or targeted toward a specific group, purpose, or audience. It is built from the verb suunnata, meaning to direct or aim, together with suffixes that form a participle and the translative ending -ksi. In practice, the construction conveys a sense of planned or intended direction rather than a finished action.

Morphology and meaning are central to its usage. The base idea is to describe a thing, content, program, or policy as something that should be directed toward a target. Grammatically, suunnattavaksi appears in contexts that emphasize purpose or audience, often in formal or technical writing. The form is most common in written Finnish, especially in planning documents, regulatory texts, and marketing briefs where it is important to specify who or what the content will serve.

Usage and tone: suunnattavaksi is associated with planning, instruction, and policy language. It is less common in casual speech and can sound formal or bureaucratic. In everyday language, speakers may instead use suunnattu, suunnattua, tai kohdennettu to express targeted direction, depending on the exact nuance.

Etymology and related forms: the word combines suunnata (to direct/aim) with the participle suffix -ttava and the translative suffix -ksi. Related terms include suunnattu (targeted), kohdennettu (directed at a group), and kohderyhmä (target audience).

See also: suunnata, suunnattu, kohdennettu, kohderyhmä.