puhuttavasta

Puhuttavasta is a Finnish grammatical form, specifically the elative (or, in some analyses, the genitive singular) of the participle puhuttava. The participle puhuttava is the present passive participle of the verb puhua (“to speak”), and puhuttavasta functions as a modifier that conveys that something is “to be spoken to,” “to be addressed,” or “to be discussed.” As a result, puhuttavasta is commonly used to describe topics or matters that are intended for discussion or discussion in progress.

In practice, puhuttavasta appears in noun phrases with a head noun in a case that makes sense for the sentence. A typical example is puhuttavasta asiasta, which means “about the matter to be addressed” or “the matter to be discussed.” This usage is frequent in formal or written Finnish, such as official documents, academic writing, and careful journalism. The surrounding case of the head noun (for example asiasta in elative) determines the overall meaning of the phrase.

Morphology and related forms: puhuttavasta is one form among many derived from puhuttava. Other cases include puhuttavan (genitive), puhuttavassa (inessive), puhuttavaa (partitive), and so on. The broader pattern illustrates how Finnish participles function as adjectives that agree with the noun they modify in case and number.

Notes: The form is relatively formal and primarily encountered in structured text. In everyday speech, speakers may opt for simpler expressions such as “keskusteltava asia” or rephrase to avoid long participial phrases.