Tämänhetkisiä

Tämänhetkisiä is Finnish for current or present, expressed as a plural partitive form of the adjective tämänhetkinen. The base adjective is formed from tämän (this, genitive) and hetki (moment) with the common adjectival suffix -inen, yielding noin “this moment’s” or “current.”

The form tämänhetkisiä specifically is the partitive plural of tämänhetkinen. It is used when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, for example when the object is indefinite or affected by negation, or with verbs that govern the partitive. In other grammatical contexts, other plural or singular forms appear, such as tämänhetkiset (nominative plural) or tämänhetkiset uutiset (these current news items).

Common usage and examples:

- tämänhetkisiä uutisia (current news)

- tämänhetkisiä haasteita (current challenges)

- tämänhetkisiä tuloksia (current results)

- Emme nähneet tämänhetkisiä muutoksia (We did not see current changes)

Notes on nuance: tämänhetkinen emphasizes the present moment or the immediate present time, as opposed to historical or long-term aspects. In continuous or descriptive contexts, it frequently appears in formal or media language when referring to what is happening now.

Etymology and related forms: The word is a compound of tämä (this) + hetki (moment) with the adjective suffix -inen, and the genitive form tämän combined with hetkinen to produce tämänhetkinen. The inflected form tämänhetkisiä is one of several plural forms used to align with the grammatical case and number of the noun it describes.

See also: tämänhetkiset, nykyinen, nykyhetki.