havaitsemasi

Havaitsemasi is a Finnish grammatical form used to create a non-finite relative clause that refers to something you notice or perceive. It combines the verb havaita, meaning to notice or perceive, with the present-action participle stem and the second-person possessive suffix -si. The result functions like a descriptive modifier, meaning roughly “the things you notice” or “that you notice,” and it is placed before a head noun.

Morphology and usage: The construction is part of Finnish participial relative clauses, which use possessive suffixes to indicate whose perspective the action is from. The base form havaitsema- plus -si yields havaitsemasi for second person singular. Other related forms exist with different possessive suffixes, for example havaitsemani for “that I notice.” These forms modify the following noun directly, forming phrases such as havaitsemasi virheet “the mistakes you notice” or havaitsemasi asiat “the things you notice.”

Examples:

- Havaitsemasi virheet on korjattava. “The mistakes you notice must be corrected.”

- Havaitsemasi asiat ovat tärkeitä. “The things you notice are important.”

- Minerasa on todennäköisesti havaitsemasi virhet, depending on context. (Note: this illustrates usage in context; actual sentences should fit natural Finnish.)

Notes: Havaitsemasi is common in written Finnish and formal speech, offering a compact alternative to a full relative clause. It conveys that the noticing action comes from the addressed person, aligning the description with their perspective. Related forms exist for different persons, creating a family of participial relatives that can express “the things I notice,” “the things you notice,” and so on.