Haaveensa

Haaveensa is a Finnish noun phrase meaning “his or her dream.” It is formed from haave, meaning dream, combined with the third-person possessive suffix -nsA, yielding haaveensa to indicate that the dream belongs to a specific person. The form is commonly used to refer to the personal aspirations of someone mentioned in the sentence, and it can appear with or without an explicit subject pronoun.

In Finnish grammar, haaveensa demonstrates how possession is expressed on a noun that denotes an abstract concept. The possessive suffix attaches to the base noun and agrees with the possessor, while the rest of the sentence provides the context for whose dream is being discussed. The word can function as a direct object or as a subject complement, depending on the sentence structure.

Usage examples include: “Jokaisella ihmisellä on haaveensa.” (“Everyone has their dream.”) “Hänen haaveensa on tulla lääkäriksi.” (“His/her dream is to become a doctor.”) “Haaveensa toteutui viime vuonna.” (“Her dream came true last year.”) These examples illustrate how haaveensa marks ownership by a third-person subject and can appear in various grammatical roles within a sentence.

See also: haave; Finnish grammar; possessive suffixes in Finnish.