miettiessään

Miettiessään is a Finnish word that functions as a temporal and conditional adverbial. It is the translative plural of the past participle of the verb miettiä, which means "to think" or "to ponder." Therefore, "miettiessään" literally translates to "while thinking" or "when thinking."

This word is commonly used to indicate that an action or state occurs simultaneously with another action that involves thinking or deliberation. It can also imply a cause-and-effect relationship, suggesting that something happens as a consequence of someone thinking about something. For example, "Hän teki päätöksen miettiessään tulevaisuuttaan" translates to "He made a decision while thinking about his future" or "He made a decision when he was thinking about his future."

The grammatical structure of "miettiessään" involves the past participle stem of the verb (miettin-) combined with the translative suffix -essään. This suffix indicates a state or action occurring during the time the main verb's action is happening, and the possessive suffix -ään signifies that the thinking is being done by the subject of the main clause. It is a versatile word used in everyday Finnish to add nuance to descriptions of actions and their associated mental states.