dramaattisissa

Dramaattisissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective dramaattinen, meaning “dramatic.” It is used to describe plural nouns in the inessential sense of location or circumstance, as in phrases like dramaattisissa tilanteissa or dramaattisissa kohtauksissa, which translate to “in dramatic situations” and “in dramatic scenes,” respectively.

In Finnish grammar, adjectives agree with the noun they modify in number and case. The form dramaattisissa combines the adjective’s stem with the inessive plural suffix -issa (or -issä, depending on vowel harmony and spelling rules), producing a word that commonly accompanies plural nouns in the inessive case. The construction is standard and widely accepted in written Finnish.

Usage of dramaattisissa appears most often in literary analysis, film and theatre criticism, journalism describing mood or tone, and narrative prose. It signals a mood or setting that is characterized by heightened emotion, conflict, or tension. While not a separate lexical item with its own meaning beyond “dramatic,” it functions as a precise grammatical tool to situate dramatic elements within a plural context.

Examples include: “Elokuvan kohtaukset sijoittuvat dramaattisissa tilanteissa” (The film’s scenes unfold in dramatic situations) and “Käsikirjoitus korostaa dramaattisissa kohtauksissa esiintyviä konflikteja” (The screenplay highlights the conflicts appearing in dramatic scenes). These usages illustrate how dramaattisissa helps convey tone and environment through grammatical agreement with the modified noun.

See also: dramaattinen, Finnish adjectives, Finnish grammar, inessive case.