indikatiivista

Indikatiivista is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective indikatiivinen, meaning “indicative.” In Finnish grammar, indikatiivinen denotes the indicative mood, which is used for ordinary statements and factual claims. The form indikatiivista appears when the adjective modifies a noun in the partitive case.

In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they describe, including case and number. Therefore, when the noun is in the partitive, the corresponding adjective takes the partitive form, yielding examples such as indikatiivista kieltä (the indicative language, in partitive) or indikatiivista rakennetta (the indicative structure, in partitive). The exact endings depend on the noun and the overall grammatical context.

The indicative mood is distinct from other moods such as the imperative, conditional, and potential. It encompasses various tenses in Finnish, including present and past forms, as well as perfect and pluperfect constructions formed with auxiliary verbs. Finnish does not rely on a separate future tense in the same way as many other languages; context and aspectual markers convey future meaning alongside the indicative.

Usage notes emphasize that indikatiivista mainly surfaces in grammars, linguistic discussions, and phrases describing mood or its features. It is not a standalone grammatical category; rather, it is the surface partitive form of the adjective used to describe nouns connected with the indicative mood.

See also: Finnish grammar, indicative mood, adjectives in Finnish, partitive case.