kehittyessä

Ke hittyessä is a Finnish non-finite verb form derived from kehittyä, meaning "to develop." It functions as an adverbial participle that expresses that something happens or exists while development is taking place. In other words, kehittyessä translates roughly to "as it develops" or "in the course of development." The form is common in descriptive, technical, and formal writing when processes, changes, or progressive states are described.

Morphology and usage: It is formed by attaching the suffix -essä to the verb stem kehitty-, creating an inessive, adverbial clause. This construction signals simultaneity with the main clause and can modify actions, states, or conditions that accompany development. It often appears in sentences where a process unfolds over time, without requiring explicit time words such as "kun" or "kunnes."

Examples:

- Ohjelmisto kehittyessä saa uusia ominaisuuksia. — As the software develops, it gains new features.

- Hanke kehittyessä kohtaa uusia haasteita. — As the project develops, it encounters new challenges.

Related forms and notes: kehittyvä means "developing"; kehittyä is the verb "to develop." Other adverbial constructions include clauses introduced with kun or kun kehitys etenee to express the same idea in everyday speech. Kehittyessä is more common in written Finnish, especially in descriptive, analytical, or technical contexts.