siirtäessään

Siirtäessään is a Finnish verb form derived from the verb siirtää, meaning to move, transfer, or postpone. It is an adverbial participle that expresses a simultaneous action in relation to another verb in the sentence, roughly corresponding to English “while moving” or “in the process of transferring.” The form is commonly used in written Finnish, especially in more formal or literary contexts, to create compact sentences that connect actions without a separate subordinate clause.

In use, siirtäessään attaches to the stem of the verb and marks that the action of moving or transferring is occurring at the same time as another action described in the main clause. The construction often implies that the subject of both clauses is the same, though it can be adapted in various syntactic patterns. Because it signals simultaneity rather than sequence, it is a useful tool for narration, description, and explanation.

Examples include: Siirtäessään laatikoita huoneeseen, hän huomasi oven olevan lukossa. (While moving the boxes into the room, he noticed the door was locked.) Siirtäessään aikatauluaan, hän kiirehtäili. (In the process of changing his schedule, he hurried.)

The form exists alongside other participial constructions in Finnish and may be replaced by longer subordinate clauses in everyday speech. It is typically learned in the study of Finnish grammar and is part of the broader category of participles used to create adverbial clauses. See also Finnish participles and adverbial clauses for related mechanisms.