Sääntelemien

Sääntelemien is a Finnish grammatical form used in formal and official language to indicate items that have been regulated. It is the genitive plural form of the past participle sääntelemä, which functions as an adjective meaning regulated or subjected to regulation. The form typically modifies a noun that is in the genitive, creating phrases such as sääntelemien lakien tai sääntelemien ehtojen.

In usage, sääntelemien is common in legal, regulatory, and administrative contexts where distinctions between regulated and unregulated items are relevant. For example, phrases like sääntelemien lakien vaikutus (the impact of the regulated laws) or sääntelemien ehtojen mukaan (according to the regulated terms) illustrate how the participial form sits before a genitive noun. The construction allows speakers to refer to sets or categories of things that have undergone regulation.

Morphologically, sääntelemien is derived from sääntelemä and attains a form appropriate for genitive plural when describing multiple regulated items. The head noun remains in the appropriate case for the sentence, while sääntelemien signals its relationship to regulation. This pattern is an example of how Finnish participles can function as adjectives and participate in genitive noun phrases.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, genitive case, regulatory language.