huonontanut

Huonontanut is a Finnish past active participle of the transitive verb huonontaa, meaning to worsen or deteriorate something. It is used to indicate that a subject has caused a condition or situation to become worse. In modern Finnish it commonly appears in perfect constructions with a direct object, for example: Sää on huonontanut taloutta, meaning "The weather has worsened the economy."

Morphology and usage: As a past active participle, huonontanut forms part of a compound with a finite auxiliary such as on or ovat to convey perfect aspect (the subject has caused the worsening). It can function predicatively with an object in the sentence. It is distinct from huonontunut, the past participle of huonontua, which describes something that has deteriorated on its own or over time, often intransitively.

Examples:

- Sää on huonontanut taloutta. (The weather has worsened the economy.)

- Päätökset ovat huonontaneet tilannetta. (The decisions have worsened the situation.)

Related terms: huonontua, the intransitive counterpart meaning “to deteriorate,” and huono, the adjective meaning “bad.” The form huonontanut is part of Finnish participle systems and is commonly used in formal and written contexts to express causative deterioration.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, huonontua, huonontaa.