Viestittäessä

Viestittäessä is a Finnish adverbial participle (converb) form derived from the verb viestittää, meaning to convey or communicate a message. It expresses an action that occurs simultaneously with another action and is used to introduce adverbial clauses that can be interpreted as “while communicating” or “in the act of transmitting.”

Morphology and function are typical of Finnish adverbial participles: viestittäessä is formed by adding the -essä suffix to the verb stem viestitä-, producing a non-finite clause without its own subject. The subject of the participle is usually the same as the subject of the main clause, though Finnish allows some flexibility in written style.

Usage and register: viestittäessä appears mainly in written Finnish and formal or instructional contexts. It helps to describe procedures, guidelines, or actions in which communicating is happening concurrently with another step. The form contributes to concise, clause-combining style by avoiding a separate finite verb for the subordinate action.

Examples:

- Viestittäessä asialla selkeä kieli vähentää väärinymmärryksiä. (While communicating the matter, clear language reduces misunderstandings.)

- Viestittäessä kohdeyleisölle on tärkeää kiinnittää huomiota sanavalintaan. (In the act of communicating to the target audience it is important to pay attention to word choice.)

- Viestittäessä tulokset tulisi esittää tiivistetysti ja johdonmukaisesti. (While conveying the results, it should be presented concisely and coherently.)

Relation to other forms: viestittäessä is one of several adverbial participles formed with -essa/-essä, alongside examples like kirjoittaessa (while writing) and puhuessa (while speaking). These forms enable compact, stylistically formal expression in Finnish.