Häneltä

Häneltä is a Finnish form of the third-person pronoun hän used to indicate source or origin, meaning “from him/her.” It is the ablative form that marks where something comes from, such as information, an object, or a statement obtained from another person. The pronoun itself is gender neutral, so häneltä does not encode gender.

In use, häneltä appears with verbs that describe receiving, hearing, learning, or being told something. Common examples include: Sain tiedon häneltä (“I got the information from him/her.”), Kysyin häneltä, milloin lähtö on (“I asked him/her when the departure is”), and Häneltä kuulin uutisen (“I heard the news from him/her”). The form can also appear in longer clauses that specify the source of knowledge or material.

Form and related forms: häneltä is formed by taking the pronoun hän and attaching the suffix -elta/-ltä to indicate origin from a person. There are parallel forms for other sources, such as minulta (from me) or heiltä (from them), and a recipient form kuten hänelle (to him/her) used to indicate the direction of transfer rather than the source.

Style and nuance: because hän is gender-neutral, häneltä does not convey gender; the referent is inferred from context. The construction is common in both spoken and written Finnish and is a standard way to attribute information or material to a specific person.