edellyttää

Edellyttää is a Finnish verb meaning "to require" or "to entail." It is used to indicate that a situation, action, or rule presupposes certain conditions or prerequisites.

Usage and construction

The verb is transitive and takes an object in the partitive form, for example lisärahoitusta or sitovia ehtoja. The subject is usually a plan, project, rule, or situation that imposes a condition on what follows. Examples: "Tämä projekti edellyttää lisärahoitusta." "Sopimus edellyttää sitovia ehtoja." In formal or technical contexts, edellyttää often conveys necessity rather than a mere suggestion.

Relation to edellytys

The noun edellytys, meaning precondition or requirement, is closely related. Edellytys refers to the condition that must be met, while edellyttää expresses the action of requiring that condition. The two words share a common semantic field in discussions of obligations and prerequisites.

Grammatical forms

Edellyttää appears in various moods and tenses: present indicativе edellyttää; past edellytti; conditional edellyttäisi; passive edellytettäisiin or edellytettiin for different voices and voices. Finnish verbs in this class typically align with standard tense and mood conjugations.

Usage notes

Edellyttää is often chosen in formal, administrative, or policy-related language to denote necessity or obligation. It can be contrasted with vaatia, which emphasizes a stronger demand, and with olla välttämätöntä or olla tarpeen, which describe necessity without a direct implication of an active requirement. English equivalents include "to require," "to necessitate," or "to entail."