Mielipiteitään

Mielipiteitään is a Finnish noun form that translates to “his/her/its opinions” or, depending on context, “their opinions.” It is created from the noun mielipide (opinion) in its plural mielipiteet, combined with the third-person possessive suffix and the partitive case. The result marks that the opinions belong to someone other than the speaker and that the opinions are being referred to in an indefinite or partial sense typical of Finnish sentence structure.

In Finnish, the possessive suffix indicates ownership. The form mielipiteitään shows that the opinions belong to a third-person referent, and it often appears as the direct object of verbs related to giving, reporting, or discussing opinions. For example, in a sentence like Hän kertoi mielipiteitään, the meaning is “He/She expressed his/her opinions.” The exact owner (whether it is one person or multiple people) is understood from context, not from the word itself.

Usage and nuance: Mielipiteitään is most common when the speaker is referring to opinions held by someone else or by a group in a context where those opinions are being considered or communicated. The partitive form signals indefiniteness or incompleteness in Finnish grammar, which is typical for verbs of perception, communication, or expression that take indefinite objects.

See also: Finnish grammar, possessive suffixes, partitive case, verb complements.