meneviä

Meneviä is a Finnish term formed from the verb mennä, meaning to go. In linguistic use, menevä is the present active participle meaning “going” or “in motion,” and meneviä is the plural inflected form used when the participle modifies or relates to multiple nouns. The form signals ongoing action or change and can function as an adjective in descriptive phrases.

In grammar, menevä and its inflected forms belong to non-finite verb forms that can describe nouns without completing the action. As an attribute, meneviä commonly precedes plural nouns in phrases that convey motion, transition, or process. For example, meneviä autoja would describe cars that are moving, while meneviä tilanteita can refer to ongoing, developing situations. The exact inflection depends on number and case, similar to other Finnish adjectives and participles.

Usage and style notes emphasize that meneviä is more common in descriptive or literary contexts than in everyday speech. It is useful for emphasizing dynamic qualities—movement, progression, or change—within a scene or argument. In translations, meneviä often corresponds to English participial phrases like “going” or “moving,” adjusted to fit Finnish grammar.

See also: Finnish grammar, present active participle, mennä (to go), adjectives and participles in Finnish.

References are standard Finnish grammar resources that cover participles and the inflection patterns of adjectives and non-finite verb forms.