lisääen
lisääen is the adverbial participle (converb) form of the Finnish verb lisätä, meaning “to add.” In Finnish, lisääen is used to express an accompanying or instrumental action and is commonly translated into English as “by adding.” The construction links two actions, with lisääen indicating how the main action is performed or what accompanies it. It is predominantly found in written and formal Finnish and is less frequent in everyday speech, where simpler syntactic alternatives are often preferred.
Formation and syntax: lisääen is created from the verb stem of lisätä plus the -en suffix, yielding
Usage notes: lisääen provides a concise way to describe how an action is carried out or what
Examples: Hän lisääen sokeria kahviinsa teki siitä makeamman. By adding sugar to his coffee, he made it