selitettettäviä

Selitettettäviä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish adjective selitettävä, which means “to be explained” or “explainable.” It is derived from the verb selittää (to explain) with the derivational suffix -ttava, creating a participial adjective that describes something that should or may be explained. The form selitettettäviä is used specifically when modifying plural nouns in the partitive case.

Usage and meaning

In Finnish, modifiers agree with the nouns they describe. When the noun is plural and in the partitive case, the adjective takes the form selitettettäviä. The usual translation is “things to be explained” or “explainable things.” The corresponding singular forms are selitettettävä (to be explained) and selitettettävä asia (a thing to be explained). In practice, selitettettäviä appears in contexts such as discussions of problems, questions, or phenomena that still require explanation.

Examples

- Tämän kappaleen tarkoituksena on listata selitettettäviä asioita. (The purpose of this section is to list things to be explained.)

- Kokouksessa nousi useita selitettettäviä kysymyksiä. (The meeting raised several questions to be explained.)

- Projektin raportissa on selitettettäviä seikkoja, jotka on tutkittava lisää. (The project report contains explainable issues that must be studied further.)

Related terms

- selitettävä: the basic form meaning “to be explained” or “explainable.”

- selittäminen, selitys: actions and nouns related to explaining.

- selitettävyyden, selitettettävyys: usage in contexts such as explainability, including technical discussions (for example, explainability in AI).

Notes

Selitettettäviä is primarily a grammatical and stylistic device in written Finnish. It commonly appears in formal or analytical texts to indicate items that require explanation or are capable of being explained.