Tulkittavien

Tulkittavien is the genitive plural form of the Finnish participial adjective tulkittava, which means “to be interpreted” or “interpretable.” In Finnish, adjectives and participles agree with the noun they modify in number and case, so when the head noun is in the genitive plural, the attributive adjective takes the genitive plural ending -ien, yielding tulkittavien.

The form is primarily a grammatical inflection used in descriptive or formal writing. It appears in phrases that describe a set of items subject to interpretation, most often with nouns in the genitive plural. A characteristic example is tulkittavien tekstien määrä, meaning “the amount of interpretable texts.” The construction can also occur with other genitive plural nouns, such as tulkittavien asioiden lista (“the list of things to be interpreted”).

Usage notes: Tulkittavien is not a standalone concept but a grammatical form. It is most commonly encountered in academic or analytical Finnish, where speakers analyze or specify items that require interpretation. The form illustrates how Finnish adjectives in a modifying role inflect to reflect the case and number of the noun phrase they accompany.

Examples:

- Tulkittavien tekstien määrä kasvoi viime vuonna. (The number of interpretable texts increased last year.)

- Tutkija arvioi tulkittavien lausumien painoarvoa. (The researcher evaluated the interpretive weight of the statements.)

See also Finnish grammar, participles, adjectives.