osoittamista

Osoittamista is a Finnish noun form derived from the verb osoittaa, meaning to indicate, show, point out, or demonstrate. It denotes the act, process, or instance of showing or indicating something. In everyday language, osoittamista refers to the action of pointing out or presenting something to someone, as when directing attention or presenting information.

Grammatically, osoittamista is the partitive form of the noun osoittaminen, which names the act of showing. The nominative form is osoittaminen, and the genitive is osoittamisen. Finnish uses the partitive in contexts where the action is considered as an indefinite or partial quantity, or when it functions as an object in a sentence. As a gerund-derived noun, osoittamista can appear in various constructions to discuss the act itself rather than a specific instance.

Usage and contexts vary from everyday speech to more formal or technical language. It can appear in discussions about gestures or demonstrations, in educational settings when describing how concepts are shown, or in legal and investigative contexts when referring to the act of presenting evidence or pointing out details. In many cases, the more general term osoittaminen is used, while osoittamista appears when the action is treated as a process or object within a larger sentence.

See also: osoittaa, osoittaminen, Finnish gerunds and nominalizations.