Vapauttamalla

Vapauttamalla is a Finnish grammatical term referring to the instrumental or adverbial participle form of the verb vapauttaa, meaning to liberate or to release. The form is created by attaching the suffix -malla to the verb stem, producing vapauttamalla, and it functions to express means or method in a sentence.

In use, vapauttamalla introduces a non-finite clause that describes how the action of the main verb is performed. It is not a finite verb form and does not express person, number, or tense; instead, it provides information about the instrument or means by which the primary action occurs. The construction is common in formal writing, philosophical texts, legal language, and literary prose when the author wants to indicate that liberation or release is the method by which something happens.

Vapauttamalla belongs to a broader family of Finnish participles formed with the -malla/-mallä suffix, which includes other forms such as tekemällä (by doing) or näkemällä (by seeing). These participles share the function of linking a main clause to a means or method without introducing a new subject or finite clause. They are typically analyzed within Finnish grammar as non-finite instrumentals rather than as independent verbs.

Understanding vapauttamalla helps clarify how Finnish expresses causal or instrumental relationships in a concise, non-finite manner. See also: vapauttaa, Finnish grammar, -malla participle.