Tietoisen

Tietoisen is a Finnish adjective form related to the word tietoinen, meaning conscious or aware. In standard Finnish, tietoisen functions as an inflected form of tietoinen rather than as a separate lexical entry. It is commonly seen in phrases where the adjective modifies a noun in the genitive singular, for example in "tietoisen valinnan tekeminen" (the act of making a conscious choice). The base noun most closely linked to tietoinen is tietoisuus, which denotes consciousness or awareness.

In everyday language, tietoinen describes actions, states, or agents that involve awareness, deliberation, or intentionality. It contrasts with forms referring to the absence of awareness, such as tiedostamaton (unconscious) or tietämätön (ignorant). In philosophical and cognitive contexts, the concepts tied to tietoisuus (consciousness) and tietoinen (conscious) appear in discussions of mind, perception, volition, and self-awareness, often alongside related terms like deliberate and intentional.

Finnish adjectives follow regular inflection patterns, so tietoisen appears alongside other case forms of tietoinen, such as tietoinen (nominative singular) and tietoisia (partitive or plural forms, depending on the noun). The form tiekse, distribution and agreement of the adjective depend on the noun it describes.

Summary: tietoinen and its inflected form tietoisen describe conscious or aware states in Finnish, with usage spanning everyday language and philosophical discourse, and with ties to the related noun tietoisuus, or consciousness.