tapahtumisesta

Tapahtumisesta is a Finnish noun form built from tapahtuminen, meaning an occurrence or happening. The word itself is the elative form of tapahtuminen, which is used to express “from,” “about,” or “concerning” the occurrence in various contexts. In practice, tapahtumisesta often means “about the event” or “information regarding the occurrence,” depending on the surrounding verb and construction.

Etymology and meaning: The base is tapahtuminen, a noun formed from the verb tapahtua (to occur, happen) with the nominalizing suffix -minen. The elative suffix -sta/-stä yields tapahtumisesta, signaling source or topic. While tapahtuma refers to a specific event or happening, tapahtuminen emphasizes the occurrence as a process or situation, and tapahtumisesta situates or references that occurrence in discourse.

Usage: Tapahtumisesta is common in journalism, academia, and everyday speech when the topic is the occurrence itself or information about it. Examples include: “Puhutaan tapahtumisesta” (They are talking about the event), “Tietoja tapahtumisesta on julkaistu” (Information about the occurrence has been published), and “Artikkeli käsittelee tapahtumisesta seuranneita vaikutuksia” (The article discusses the effects following the occurrence). The form is used with verbs that take about/concerning as a topic marker, often in sentences that describe sources of information or topics of discussion.

Grammar notes: Tapahtumisesta is singular and in the elative case. It commonly cooperates with verbs and phrases that indicate reporting, describing, or discussing a topic. Other related forms include tapahtuminen (the occurrence) and, for a concrete event, tapahtuma (the event), with their respective inflected forms across cases.

See also: related Finnish noun forms from verbs of occurrence, and the general concept of cases used to mark source or topic in Finnish.