osallistuvaa

Osallistuvaa is the partitive singular form of the present active participle of the Finnish verb osallistua, meaning to participate. The present active participle describes a noun that performs the action of the verb and can function as an adjective. The form osallistuvaa marks the partitive case, which is used when the noun is indefinite or part of a non-specific object, or in certain syntactic constructions that require partitive.

Usage of osallistuvaa is mainly as an adjective describing someone or something that participates in an activity. It agrees with the noun it modifies in number and case. The base nominative singular form is osallistuva, and the plural partitive is osallistuvia, while the participial stem remains the same.

Examples:

- Tapasimme osallistuvaa oppilasta koulun tapahtumassa. Translation: We met a participating student at the school event.

- Hän tapasi osallistuvaa henkilöstöä ja kuuli heidän kokemuksiaan. Translation: She met participating staff and heard about their experiences.

Notes:

Osallistuvaa is one of several inflected forms of the present active participle. Finnish participles frequently function as adjectives, so osallistuvaa can appear in various sentence contexts to convey ongoing or habitual participation. In everyday language, the choice between nominative osallistuva and partitive osallistuvaa depends on the grammatical role of the modified noun and the surrounding syntactic requirements.