sisäisena

Sisäisena is the essive form of the Finnish adjective sisäinen, meaning inner or internal. In Finnish grammar, the essive case marks a temporary state or role, and is often translated into English as “as a …” or “in the capacity of ….” For adjectives ending in -inen, the standard essive form is typically -isenä, so the canonical form of sisäinen in the essive is sisäisenä. The form sisäisena is less common in modern standard Finnish and may be found as a nonstandard or dialectal variant in some texts, but it is not the normative form in contemporary usage.

Usage of the essive with sisäinen describes someone or something acting in a particular capacity or existing in a certain internal sense within a system or framework. It is used across contexts such as business, organizational roles, philosophy, and psychology to denote “in the role of internal” or “as an internal entity.” The contrast to external roles is often expressed with ulkoinen or ulkoisena, indicating a shift from internal to external perspective or function.

Examples include: Hän toimi sisäisenä neuvonantajana. (He acted as an internal advisor.) Järjestelmän sisäisenä osana kyseinen moduuli vastaa tietojen käsittelystä. (As an internal part of the system, that module handles data processing.)

See also: Finnish grammar, essive case, adjectives in Finnish.