tilanteita

Tilanteita is the partitive plural form of the Finnish noun tilanne, meaning "situations" or "circumstances." It is used when referring to multiple situations or to an indefinite, non-countable quantity of situations. In Finnish grammar, tilanne has several related forms: nominative plural tilanteet (situations), singular genitive tilanteen, plural genitive tilanteiden, singular partitive tilannetta, and plural partitive tilanteita, the form used for indefinite or partial quantities.

The word covers a broad semantic range and is common in everyday speech as well as formal discourse. It can refer to personal life circumstances, as well as logistical, political, or crisis-related states. Collocations include phrases such as erilaisia tilanteita (various situations), tilanteita for planning or risk assessment, and tilannekuvaan liittyvät tilanteita (situations related to the situational picture) in analytical contexts. Because tilanteita is partitive, it often appears in sentences where the speaker refers to an undetermined number of situations or treats the situations as a partial set rather than a definite count.

Usage examples in Finnish include: "Meidän on varauduttava moniin erilaisiin tilanteisiin" (We must prepare for many different situations) and "Kriisitilanteissa yhteisö arvioi tilanteita nopeasti." In translation, tilanteita corresponds to "situations" in English, with grammatical nuance captured by the partitive form to express indefiniteness or partialness.