kirjoitetuksi

Kirjoitetuksi is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb kirjoittaa (to write). It is the translative singular form of the past passive participle kirjoitettu, functioning as a participial adjective that indicates a change of state toward being written. In Finnish, participles can take various case endings, and the translative -ksi marks movement into a new state. Thus kirjoitetuksi roughly corresponds to “to become written” or “to be written” in contexts where a state change is described.

Morphology and usage: The form is created from the past passive participle kirjoitettu by adding the translative ending -ksi, yielding kirjoitetuksi. This form is most common in formal, descriptive, or linguistic usage. In everyday prose, the simpler kirjoitettu is often used to express that something has been written, while kirjoitetuksi emphasizes the transition into the written state or frames the idea as a result or hypothetical stage.

Context and function: As a translative participle, kirjoitetuksi can appear in noun phrases and predicative constructions that express a change of state. It is not a separate lexical word with an independent meaning beyond its derivation from kirjoittaa, but a morphological variant used for grammatical purposes. The form demonstrates Finnish’s capacity to express state changes through participle inflection, rather than solely through finite verb forms.

See also: Finnish participles, translative case, Finnish grammar, kirjoittaa, kirjoitus, kirjoitettu.