Välittämällä

Välittämällä is a Finnish linguistic term referring to the adverbial participle form of the verb välittää. It is formed with the third infinitive suffix -malla/-mällä and expresses the means or manner of performing an action, roughly translating to “by doing [X]” or “by [doing so].” The verb välittää has several related senses, including to care about or be concerned for someone or something, to convey or transmit information, and to act as an intermediary. Accordingly, välittämällä can express “by caring” in a social or emotional sense or “by conveying” in a communicative sense.

Usage of välittämällä is most common in written or formal Finnish and appears in constructions that explain how something is done. When the sense is about empathy or concern, it often pairs with phrases that emphasize caring about others’ welfare; when the sense is about communication, it highlights passing on information or messages.

Examples:

- Hän ratkaisi tilanteen välittämällä tiimille ohjeet. (He resolved the situation by relaying instructions to the team.)

- Hän osoitti empatiaa välittämällä toisten huolista. (He showed empathy by caring about others’ concerns.)

- Viestin välittämällä hän varmisti, että kaikki sai tiedon. (By relaying the message, he ensured that everyone received the information.)

Grammatical note: Välittämällä is the adverbial participle (kolmas infinitiivi) and functions to indicate the means of an action; the subject and tense are determined by the finite verb of the sentence.

In summary, välittämällä denotes the manner or means of an action, with its specific meaning—caring about others or transmitting information—dependent on the context and the sense of välittää.