Käyttäjiään
Käyttäjiään is a Finnish noun phrase formed from the noun käyttäjä (user). It is used to indicate possession by a third-person plural possessor, such as a company, service, or organization, of the plural noun käyttäjä. The form is typically translated as “their users” or “its users” in English, depending on the context and the antecedent of the possessor. In Finnish, possessive and case endings combine with the plural stem to produce forms like käyttäjiään, which often appear in sentences where the possessive relationship involves the object of a verb or a modifier in a noun phrase.
Grammatical function and usage
- Käyttäjiään commonly occurs when the possessor is plural or treated as a collective entity in the
- It frequently appears in phrases such as käyttäjiään koskevat säännöt (the rules that concern their users)
- The exact interpretation of käyttäjiään depends on context and antecedents, so maintaining clear referents is important
- This form illustrates Finnish possessive suffixes and case interactions, particularly how third-person plural possessors interact with
- Finnish grammar: possessive suffixes