kurinalaisina

Kurinalaisina is a plural essive form of the Finnish adjective kurinalainen, meaning "disciplined" or "orderly." In Finnish grammar, kurinalaisina expresses the state or role of a group of people described as disciplined, often translated as "as disciplined ones" or simply "disciplined."

The backbone is kurinalainen (disciplined) combined with the essive plural suffix -ina, which marks a temporary state or role in plural. The noun kurinalaisuus "discipline" provides the related concept.

In Finnish, the essive case commonly marks a state of being or role during temporary circumstances; kurinalaisina is used with plural subjects after verbs like olla (to be) or toimia (to act). The singular counterpart is kurinalaisena; the nominative plural is kurinalaiset.

Examples: "He pysyivät kurinalaisina koko harjoituksen ajan." "Ryhmä toimi kurinalaisina, noudattaen ohjeita."

See also: kurinalaisuus, Finnish grammar, essive case.