oletettuja
Oletettuja is the plural partitive form of the Finnish adjective oletettu, meaning assumed or supposed. It is used to describe elements that are believed or hypothesized but not proven or established. The form derives from the verb olettaa (to suppose) and its past participle olettettu, and it appears when modifying a plural noun in the partitive case.
Grammatical note: In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify. The plural forms of
Usage: Oletettuja is common in formal, academic, and journalistic writing to mark statements as hypothetical or
- Oletettuja syitä tutkitaan edelleen. (Assumed/supposed causes are still being investigated.)
- Tutkimus huomioi oletettuja vaikutuksia, joita ei ole vielä todistettu. (The study accounts for assumed effects that
- Hän esitti oletettuja tuloksia keskustelussa. (They presented assumed results in the discussion.)