ajettujen

Ajettujen is a Finnish grammatical form, not a standalone lexeme. It is the genitive plural form of the past passive participle ajettu, which comes from the verb ajaa meaning to drive, operate, or move. In Finnish grammar, ajettu behaves like an adjective and agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. The genitive plural form ajettujen is used when the head noun is in genitive plural, for example in phrases such as ajettujen autojen määrä, meaning the number of driven cars.

Morphology and usage: The base participle ajettu denotes that the subject has undergone the action of driving or moving. As an attributive participle, it can describe objects that have been driven or operated. Because Finnish adjectives and participles decline to match the head noun, the form changes: nominative singular is ajettu, genitive singular ajetun, nominative plural ajetut, and genitive plural ajettujen. Ajettujen is most commonly encountered in phrases that express quantity or characteristics of multiple items in genitive form.

Common usage: Ajettujen is used to specify that a set of nouns has been driven or operated, rather than newly produced or unused. For instance, tilastollisessa ilmaisussa voidaan sanoa: Tilastojen mukaan ajettujen autojen määrä on kasvanut, meaning the number of driven cars has increased. The expression emphasizes the action performed on the nouns rather than the nouns’ inherent properties.

See also: Finnish grammar; participles; adjectives in Finnish.