kulkevien

Kulkevien is the genitive plural form of the present active participle kulkeva in Finnish grammar. The base verb kulkea means to walk or travel, and kulkeva literally denotes "the one who is walking". By adding the genitive plural ending -ien, kulkevien functions as a modifier that can refer to a group of people performing the action, e.g., "kulkevien ihmisten tarinat" meaning "the stories of the people who are walking".

Usage. In Finnish, participles like kulkeva are inflected for number and case just like adjectives; kulkevien is specifically used to mark the genitive plural, typically preceding a head noun in a noun phrase. It cannot stand alone as a conventional noun; used with a head noun, it forms a phrase that identifies a subset of people described by the action. For instance: "kulkevien ihmisten tarinat" (the stories of the people who are walking) and "kulkevien retkikuntien jäsenet" (members of the traveling expeditions).

Grammatical notes. Kulkevien is the genitive plural form of the present active participle kulkeva. Other inflected forms related to this participle include nominative plural kulkevat; genitive singular kulkevan; partitive singular kulkevaa; and partitive plural kulkevia.

See also. Finnish present active participles, Finnish grammar, kulkea.