yhdistettyään

Yhdistettyään is the third-person singular past active perfective participle of the Finnish verb "yhdistää." The verb "yhdistää" means to combine, to unite, to connect, or to merge. Therefore, "yhdistettyään" translates to "having combined," "having united," "having connected," or "having merged." It indicates an action that was completed by a singular subject before another subsequent action.

For instance, in a sentence, "Lapsi oli iloinen yhdistettyään palapelin," the word "yhdistettyään" signifies that the child was happy *after having completed* the puzzle. The participle form is used to express a cause-and-effect relationship or a temporal sequence of events where the action of combining precedes another.

Finnish grammar utilizes these participles extensively to create more fluid and complex sentence structures, avoiding the need for multiple separate clauses. The ending "-ään" specifically denotes the perfective aspect and a past tense action performed by the subject. Understanding these participles is key to comprehending the nuances of Finnish verb conjugation and sentence construction.