suomennettuja

Suomennettuja is a Finnish linguistic term referring to a specific form of the word suomentaa, meaning “to translate into Finnish.” It is the partitiivinen monikko (partitive plural) form of the past passive participle suomennettu. As an adjective, suomennettuja describes nouns that have been translated into Finnish, for example suomennettuja kirjoja (translated books) or suomennettuja teoksia.

In usage, suomennettuja is common in contexts like bibliographies, library catalogs, and book descriptions to indicate that the work has been translated into Finnish rather than originally written in Finnish. It signals the language of the translation without implying who did the translating. The form typically accompanies a plural noun in the partitive case, as in "löytyi suomennettuja tekstejä" or "suomennettuja kirjoja."

Morphology and related forms: suomennettu is the base past passive participle meaning “translated.” Its plural partitive form is suomennettuja. The nominative plural form is suomennetut (the translated ones), used when the translated items are the subject of a sentence, e.g., "Nämä teokset ovat suomennetut." Other case forms exist for different grammatical roles, reflecting Finnish’s system of participial adjectives.

Overall, suomennettuja functions as a concise descriptor in Finnish for works that have undergone translation into Finnish, distinguishing them from texts originally written in Finnish.