esittelemästä

Esittelemästä is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb esitellä, meaning to present, introduce, or display. It is the partitive singular form of the gerund (verbin gerund) built on the stem esittelemä- and the partitive suffix -stä. The form does not stand as a separate verb; rather, it functions as a non-finite clause that expresses the act of presenting in a general, indefinite sense.

In Finnish, the gerund forms are often used after certain verbs that require a non-finite clause in the partitive case. Esittelemästä frequently appears after verbs such as kieltäytyä (to refuse) or välttää (to avoid), where the action of presenting is specified as something not done or avoided. For example: Hän kieltäytyi esittelemästä todisteita, meaning “He refused to present evidence.” The construction highlights the act of presenting as the object of the surrounding verb or clause.

Esittelemästä is distinct from esittelemässä, which is the present active participle meaning “presenting” in a continuous sense, and from other nominal forms that may denote a completed or different aspect of presenting. Its use is characteristic of formal or precise language, particularly in legal, administrative, or academic texts, where non-finite clauses help express dependencies between actions without creating full finite clauses.

Notes:

- The form is a partitive singular, reflecting indefiniteness or non-completion of the action.

- It is primarily a grammatical device rather than a substantive word with its own lexical meaning.

See also: esitellä, esittelemä, kieltäytyä, välttää.