ohjelmoitujen

Ohjelmoitujen is a Finnish grammatical form used as the genitive plural of the past participle ohjelmoitu, meaning “programmed.” In Finnish, past participles and adjectives decline like other modifiers, and ohjelmoitujen signals that a noun it accompanies belongs to or is characterized by a group described as programmed.

Usage and function

Ohjelmoitujen appears before a head noun in a genitive phrase, often to indicate possession, association, or attribution. It is commonly found in discussions about technology, software, artificial intelligence, or fiction where a group of entities is described as having been programmed.

Examples

- ohjelmoitujen koneiden viat – the faults of the programmed machines

- ohjelmoitujen tekoälyjen järjestelmäpäivitykset – the system updates of the programmed AI

- ohjelmoitujen ohjelmistojen turvallisuus – the safety of the programmed software

Relationship to other forms

Ohjelmoitu is the base past participle meaning “programmed.” The nominative plural form would be ohjelmoidut, while the genitive plural form is ohjerimoitujen. Other grammatical cases would use the appropriate inflection of the participle-adjective as required by the noun it modifies.

Etymology and usage notes

The word derives from the verb ohjelmoida (to program) plus the past participle suffix, then the genitive plural ending. It is primarily a descriptive modifier and can function in technical, academic, or narrative Finnish. In everyday language, speakers may choose different word orders, but the genitive construction remains the standard way to express “of the programmed [group].”

See also

ohjelmoida, ohjelmoitu, genitive case in Finnish grammar