tarjouksina

Tarjouksina is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “as offers” or “in the form of offers.” It is the essive plural form of tarjous, which means an offer, bid, or discount. The essive case expresses a temporary state or role, roughly translating to “as” in English. The singular es-sive form is tarjouksena, while the plural is tarjouksina.

Tarjouksina is most common in formal or bureaucratic language, especially in procurement, bidding processes, and business reporting. In everyday speech, people typically use the noun tarjoukset or phrases like “tarjouksina” only in specific contexts where the role or state of multiple offers is being described.

In practice, tarjouksina is used to present or compare a set of offers as distinct items in a context where each offer is regarded in its capacity as an offer. For example, a procurement document might list several proposals “tarjouksina,” indicating that they are being evaluated in their capacity as bids rather than as finalized contracts.

Etymology: tarjouksena and tarjouksina are formed from tarjous (offer) with the noun-forming suffix -us and the essive suffix -na/-nä, which marks “as” or “in the role of.” The verb tarjota (to offer) is the related root, from which tarjous (offer) is derived.

See also: Finnish essive case, tarjota, tarjous.