työskennellyt

Työskennellyt is the Finnish past active participle of the verb työskennellä, meaning having worked or having been employed to perform work. It conveys a completed action in relation to the subject and is used to describe past work activity or experience. As a non-finite form, työskennellyt does not itself mark person or tense; it combines with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses and can function as an adjective in noun phrases.

In grammar, työskennellyt is attached to the stem työskennel- and appears in sentences with auxiliary verbs such as on, oli, ovat, or oli ollut to express aspects like present perfect or past perfect. For example, Olen työskennellyt koko päivän (I have worked all day), Hän on työskennellyt ulkomailla viisi vuotta (He has worked abroad for five years). The form can also modify a noun, functioning as an attributive adjective to describe someone or something with a history of work, as in työskennellyt työntekijä (a worker who has worked [elsewhere]).

Etymology-wise, työskennellyt derives from the verb työskennellä (to work) with the past active participle suffix -nyt, yielding a non-finite form used in perfect constructions and as an adjective. It is distinct from the present active participle työskennellessä or the past passive participle työskennelty.

Usage notes: työskennellyt is most common in written and formal Finnish, especially in reports, summaries, and biographical contexts. It indicates experience or a completed period of work and is frequently paired with time phrases or locations to specify when and where the work occurred.