arvioinut

Arvioinut is the past active participle of the Finnish verb arvioida, meaning to evaluate or assess. It denotes a completed act of evaluating and is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses in Finnish sentences, for example olen arvioinut, olet arvioinut, olemme arvioineet. In non-finite uses, arvioinut can appear in clauses describing actions already carried out by the subject, and it often appears in combination with other verbal forms to express completed evaluation.

In Finnish grammar, the past active participle is a non-finite form that can function in conjunction with the verb olla to express perfect aspects, and it can also appear in relative clauses describing a person or thing that has performed an evaluation. The more common adjectival form for describing a thing that has been evaluated is the passive past participle arvioitu, which means “evaluated” in a passive sense.

Etymology: arvioinut is derived from the verb arvioida, whose base is arvio- meaning “estimate.” The participial suffix -nut/-nyt is added to form the past active participle. The related noun arviointi means “evaluation” or “assessment.”

Usage notes: arvioinut typically indicates that the subject has carried out the act of evaluating. It differs from arvioitu, which indicates that the evaluation has been done by someone else to the object. Both forms are common in written Finnish, but the active participle (arvioinut) is used when the focus is on the subject’s action, while the passive form (arvioitu) emphasizes the result of the evaluation.

See also: arviointi, arvioitu, arvioida.