kannustavissa

Kannustavissa is a Finnish present active participle form of the verb kannustaa, meaning to encourage. It functions as an adjective and is inflected to describe state or condition, typically in the inessive plural form to indicate “in encouraging …” contexts. In everyday language, it appears in phrases such as kannustavissa olosuhteissa or kannustavissa tilanteissa, where it modifies a following noun in a plural inessive construction.

Usage and meaning

The form conveys that the described environment, circumstances, or situations produce or foster encouragement. It is not a standalone noun, but a participial adjective used to characterize a setting or atmosphere. Kannustavissa is most common in formal or descriptive Finnish, including educational, organizational, and policy-related texts, where it helps express that a given context is conducive to motivation and positive engagement.

Relation to other forms

Kannustavissa is related to kannustava (encouraging), which is the basic attributive form, and to other grammatical derivatives built from kannustaa. Like other Finnish participles, kannustava forms can take various case endings to agree with the nouns they describe. The specific kannustavissa form is chosen to fit plural nouns in the inessive case (meaning “in/within encouraging …”).

Examples

- Kannustavissa tilanteissa oppiminen voi edetä tehokkaammin. (In encouraging situations, learning can advance more effectively.)

- Kannustavissa olosuhteissa työntekijät voivat saavuttaa parempia tuloksia. (In encouraging conditions, employees can achieve better results.)

See also

Related terms include kannustava, kannustaminen and kannustus, which cover encouraging as an adjective, the act of encouraging, and encouragement as a noun.