kutsuttuja

Kutsuttuja is a Finnish grammatical form that serves as the plural partitive form of the past participle kutsuttu, used as an adjective meaning “invited.” It is employed to describe multiple people or things that have received invitations. The base verb is kutsua, meaning “to invite” or “to call,” and the past participle kutsuttu denotes that something has been invited.

In use, kutsuttuja appears before a plural noun and agrees with it in number and case. Common examples include kutsuttuja vieraita (invited guests) and kutsuttuja ihmisiä (invited people). The form often occurs with quantifiers or in contexts where the exact number is not specified, such as: Juhliin saapui paljon kutsuttuja. (Many invited people arrived.)

Grammatically, kutsuttuja is the partitive plural of the attributive participle kutsuttu. It contrasts with the singular form kutsuttu, which appears with a singular noun (kutsuttu vieras “an invited guest”). The corresponding predicative or copular constructions typically use the partitive as well, for example: Osa kutsuttuja ei tullut. (Some invited did not come.) In such sentences, the partitive signals indefiniteness or partiality related to the invited group.

Etymology and related forms: kutsuttuja derives from kutsua (to invite) and its past participle kutsuttu. Related nouns include kutsu (invitation) and kutsuminen (inviting or inviting process). The language practice reflects Finnish emphasis on agreement and case marking in forming descriptive phrases.

See also: kutsua, kutsuttu, kutsu.