Tehtävinä

Tehtävinä is a Finnish noun form that functions as the essive plural of tehtävä, meaning tasks or duties. It is used to describe items that are regarded as tasks to be performed or that occupy the status of tasks within a given context. The form appears mainly in written Finnish, especially in formal documents such as project plans, course descriptions, and organizational memos.

Morphology and meaning: The base word tehtävä denotes a task or duty. In the essive case, which expresses a temporary state or role, the singular is tehtävänä (as a task) and the plural is tehtävinä (as tasks). The -na/-nä ending is characteristic of the essive, and the plural -vinä reflects that multiple tasks are being described.

Usage: Tehtävinä is typically used when listing tasks to be performed or when describing the status of items as tasks within a broader plan. A common construction is: Projektin tehtävinä ovat suunnittelu, toteutus ja raportointi (The project’s tasks are planning, implementation, and reporting). In everyday speech, speakers may prefer more common terms such as tehtäviä, mutta tehtävinä appears frequently in formal or planning contexts.

Related terms and notes: Tehtävä (task) is the.base noun; suoritettavat tehtävät (tasks to be performed) is a natural synonym in many contexts. The form tehtävinä is part of Finnish grammar’s essive case, which also includes singular forms like tehtävänä and other plural variations depending on the noun stem.