Vaikeiden

Vaikeiden is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective vaikea, meaning difficult or hard. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. When the noun is in the genitive plural, the adjective takes the genitive plural ending, which for this adjective is -ien, producing vaikeiden.

This form is used in noun phrases where both the noun and the adjective are in the genitive plural. For example, in a phrase like vaikeiden asioiden ratkaiseminen, the nouns asioiden are in genitive plural and the adjective vaikeiden agrees with that noun form. Similarly, vaikeiden aikataulujen noudattaminen means “adhering to difficult schedules,” with both aikataulut and the modifying adjective in genitive plural.

Examples of usage include:

- vaikeiden asioiden ratkaiseminen vaatii aikaa (solving difficult matters requires time).

- projektissa on kiinnitettävä huomiota vaikeiden aikataulujen noudattamiseen (the project requires attention to the adherence of difficult schedules).

- kirjoitusaiheena ovat vaikeiden taitojen kehittäminen (the topic concerns the development of difficult skills).

Notes:

Vaikeiden is not a standalone noun; it functions as an attributive form of vaikea that modifies a following noun in genitive plural. The base adjective has comparative and superlative forms (vaikeampi, vaikein), but vaikeiden is specifically the genitive plural ending. In Finnish grammar, this pattern applies to many adjectives, not only vaikea.

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