koskevasta

Koskevasta is a Finnish term used in grammar to describe a specific inflected form of the present active participle koskeva, which means relating to or concerning. In this sense, koskevasta is not a separate concept but a morphophonemic form that appears when the participle is declined to match its accompanying noun phrase in a sentence.

Origin and meaning

Koskeva derives from the verb koskea, meaning to touch, but in its participial use it takes on the sense of pertaining to or concerning a topic. The form koskevasta is part of Finnish participle inflection and commonly appears in formal or official language to link a noun phrase to a subject it describes, often with a following noun in a possessive or genitive construction.

Usage

Koskevasta is most frequently found in administrative, legal, and academic Finnish. It serves to create relative or attributive phrases such as koskevasta asiasta (the matter concerning) or koskevasta päätöksestä (the decision concerning/of which). The exact case and number of koskevasta depend on the noun it modifies and the syntactic role of the phrase within the sentence. In everyday speech, simpler expressions such as "koskee" (concerns) or "koskeva" plus a straightforward noun are more common, but koskevasta remains common in formal documents.

Example usage

- Tiedot koskevasta asiasta on julkaistu. (Information about the matter concerning it has been published.)

- Lainsäädäntöä koskevasta päätöksestä annettiin kommentit. (Comments were provided on the decision concerning the legislation.)

Related forms

Koskeva, koskevaa, koskevan, koskevaan, koskevaa—these are other inflected forms of the same participle, used to match different cases and syntactic roles.

See also

Koskea; present active participles in Finnish; Finnish grammar.