laajenneta

Laajenneta is a form sometimes encountered in Finnish-language texts that is generally regarded as nonstandard or dialectal. It is not a part of the core, contemporary Finnish grammar. The standard meaning connected to the root laajentaa is to expand or extend, and in modern Finnish the common forms are laajennetaan (present passive) and laajennettu (past participle). The appearance of laajenneta is typically confined to regional varieties, older texts, or instances of orthographic variation and may be the result of dialectal pronunciation, transcription practices, or imperfect copying of a word.

Because laajenneta is not listed in major Finnish dictionaries as a standard form, its usage in actual prose is rare and often flagged by language watchers as nonstandard. When it does appear, it is usually interpreted within the context of regional language variation, historical documents, or as a mistaken rendering of a standard form rather than as a recognized grammatical category.

In linguistic discussions, laajenneta is sometimes cited as an example illustrating how Finnish verbs can exhibit nonstandard or unfamiliar morphologies in certain dialects or historical texts. For learners and writers aiming for standard Finnish, it is advisable to use laajennetaan for the present passive or laajennettu for the past participle, and to treat laajenneta as a nonstandard or context-specific form.

See also: laajentaa, laajennus, Finnish verbs, Finnish morphology.