Hänelläkään

Hänelläkään is a Finnish word that translates to "he/she/it also not" or "neither he/she/it". It is an adverbial conjunction used to connect negative clauses, indicating that the negation applies to a subsequent subject as well as a previous one. The word is formed by combining the pronoun "hän" (he/she/it), the possessive suffix "-llä" (on/at/with, in this context indicating possession or state), and the negative particle "kään" (also, too, even).

The typical grammatical structure involving "hänelläkään" involves two parallel negative statements. For example, "Matti ei tullut, eikä hänelläkään ollut aikaa" (Matti didn't come, and he also didn't have time). Here, "hänelläkään" signifies that the lack of time applies to Matti, just as his absence was previously stated. It functions similarly to "neither" in English when connecting two negative subjects or clauses, though it can also be used to extend a negative statement to a new subject.

The use of "hänelläkään" is common in spoken and written Finnish and is essential for expressing nuanced negative agreement or addition. It emphasizes the shared negative aspect across different elements of a sentence or discourse. The particle "kään" itself is often attached to the end of a word to signify "also" or "even" in affirmative contexts, but when paired with a negation, it takes on the meaning of "also not" or "neither".