myydessä
Myydessä is a non-finite verb form in Finnish, derived from the verb myydä (to sell). It functions as an adverbial participle and expresses simultaneity of action, roughly corresponding to “while selling” or “in the act of selling” in English. The form is most common in literary or formal Finnish and is less frequent in everyday speech.
Formation and morphology: The form is created from the verb stem and the inessive/adverbial participle suffix
Function and usage: Myydessä introduces a subordinate, adverbial clause that situates the main event in time
Register and alternatives: Because myydessä is stylistically marked, speakers often replace it with more common constructions
See also: Finnish grammar, participles, adverbial participles, inessive form, verb morphology.