seurantaan

Seurantaan is the illative form of the Finnish noun seuranta, meaning monitoring or tracking. It functions as a grammatical form indicating direction toward monitoring or the target or purpose of monitoring, rather than a standalone concept. The base noun seuranta derives from the verb seurata, to follow or monitor. The illative suffix -an (with vowel harmony variations such as -ään) attaches to the stem to form seurantaan.

In usage, seurantaan appears in formal and technical texts to denote that something is to be monitored, is being moved into a monitoring phase, or is subject to monitoring. It is common in regulatory language, project plans, and research protocols. For example, it can appear in phrases that indicate a transition into monitoring or a state designated for continued observation within procedures or systems.

Seurantaan is not a separate lexical item but a grammatical form. When translating to languages without a direct illative case, it may be rendered with prepositional phrases such as "into monitoring" or "for monitoring." In contrast, the related noun seuranta refers to the act or process of monitoring itself, independent of direction or purpose.

See also

Seuranta, Illative case, Finnish grammar, Monitoring.