perustettavan

Perustettavan is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb perustaa, meaning to establish or to found. It is the genitive singular form of the present passive participle perustettava, which denotes something that is to be established in the future. In Finnish, the present passive participle is often used as an adjective, and the -avan/-ättavan ending signals the genitive singular when the participle is used to modify a noun.

Usage and function

Perustettavan is used to indicate the entity that will be established. It commonly appears in formal or legal and business language, where prospective organizations, projects or institutions are described in documents, plans or contracts. The construction typically pairs with a possessive noun in the genitive, such as the entity that belongs to or will belong to the subject of the sentence. Examples include phrases like perustettavan yrityksen hallinto (the governance of the company to be established) or perustettavan hankkeen rahoitus (the funding of the project to be established).

Relation to related forms

The base form perustettava is the nominative form used when the entity is described directly, as in perustettava yritys (a company to be established). Perustettavan, as genitive singular, modifies a noun to express the relationship to the future establishment. Other case forms of the participle follow ordinary Finnish declension patterns.

Translation and nuance

In English, perustettavan is most naturally rendered as “to-be-established” or “to-be-founded” in noun phrases. It conveys anticipation of a forthcoming establishment rather than an already existing entity.

See also

Finnish participles, present passive participle, adjectives in Finnish, legal and business Finnish.