Tallenteista

Tallenteista is the elative plural form of tallenne, a recording in Finnish. It roughly translates to “from the recordings” or “based on the recordings” and is used to indicate origin, source, or basis of information when referring to multiple recordings.

Formation and usage: The form tallenteista is created from the plural tallenteet by adding the elative suffix -ista/-istä. It is used in academic writing, journalism, and archival contexts to signal that something derives from the recordings. In practice, tallenteista commonly appears in phrases describing evidence, data sources, or material obtained from recordings.

Examples: The study is based on data gathered from tallenteista. (Finnish: Tutkimus perustuu tallenteista kerättyyn aineistoon.) The researcher analyzed events described in the tallenteista and drew conclusions accordingly. Such usage is typical when discussing multiple audio or video records consulted as part of an analysis.

Context and related terms: Tallenteet refer to recordings in general, including audio, video, or digital recordings. Related terms include äänite (sound recording), tallennus (recording/recording process), tallenteiden arkistointi (archiving of recordings), and arkisto (archive).

See also: tallenne, äänite, tallennus, arkisto.