pehmeiksi

Pehmeiksi is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective pehmeä, meaning soft. It is the translative plural form, used to express a change of state or transformation into something that is soft. The corresponding singular form is pehmeäksi, used for a single item. In Finnish grammar, translative forms such as pehmeiksi appear with verbs that describe becoming or turning into something.

The form pehmeiksi is typically used with plural nouns or with a situation where multiple items are becoming soft. It is commonly combined with verbs like muuttua (to become) or tehdä (to make), to indicate that several objects are turning into a soft state. For example, kivet muuttuvat pehmeiksi (the rocks become soft) and keitä porkkanat pehmeiksi (boil the carrots until they are soft).

Examples of usage include: Kivet muuttuvat pehmeiksi, kun niihin kohdistuu lämpöä. Keitä porkkanat pehmeiksi. Näin voisivat olla ohjeet keittiössä tai käsittelyprosesseissa, joissa useat kappaleet muuttuvat pehmeiksi. The form is specific to indicating a state change and is not used for general descriptions of softness; for that, the adjective pehmeä or related comparative forms would be used.

See also: translative case in Finnish, adjective inflection, Finnish grammar.