Yhdistyessään

Yhdistyessään is a Finnish verb form derived from yhdistyä, meaning to unite or merge. It is the present adverbial participle (converb) used to express a circumstance or action that takes place at the same time as the main clause. The sense is roughly “as it/they unite” or “in uniting,” and the form can carry a possessive suffix to show the subject of the action (for example, yhdistyessään with an implied subject such as the organizations or the company).

In use, yhdistyessään introduces an adverbial clause that sets the background for the main statement. It is common in written Finnish, especially in formal reports, policy texts, historical overviews, and descriptions of organizational changes or mergers. The exact nuance depends on the subject: yhdistyessäni means “as I unite,” yhdistyessäsi “as you unite,” yhdistyessään “as he/she/they unite,” and so on.

Morphologically, yhdistyessään is formed from the verb stem yhdisty- plus a non-finite participial ending, with the possessive suffix aligned to the subject of the clause. It is not a standalone finite verb; rather, it functions as a non-finite clause that modifies the main clause.

Related forms include yhdistyneenä (having united) for the past participle, and other person-specific variants such as yhdistyessäni or yhdistyessäsi. Overall, yhdistyessään serves to express simultaneous action in a concise, formal style.