ajonaikaisiin

Ajonaikaisiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective ajonaikainen, which means belonging to the present time or characteristic of the current era. The base ajonaikainen is used to describe things that are contemporary, current, or up-to-date, in contrast to things associated with past or future times. The form ajonaikaisiin appears when the adjective modifies a plural noun in the illative case, as in ajonaikaisiin ilmiöihin (to contemporary phenomena) or ajonaikaisiin kysymyksiin (to contemporary questions).

In usage, ajonaikainen and its inflected forms are common in literary, cultural, historical, and academic discourse. They are employed to discuss issues, trends, works, or technologies that are perceived as arising in or characteristic of the present moment. The term can carry a neutral descriptive sense, but in some contexts it may imply a normative evaluation of what is considered up-to-date or relevant today.

Nuances and related terms: ajonaikainen emphasizes the relation to the present era, while nykyaikainen more directly signals modernity or current sophistication. Ajankohtainen often refers to timeliness or currency, such as current events. Because Finnish adjectives agree with the noun they modify, the form ajonaikaisiin is one of several inflected variants used to align with case and number in a sentence.

See also: nykyaikainen, ajankohtainen, aikakausi, ajan henki.