Minulla

Minulla is the adessive form of the Finnish personal pronoun minä and a key element in the possessive construction used to express possession or availability. It is not a lexical noun; it is a grammatical form that marks the possessor.

In Finnish, possession is commonly expressed with the verb olla (to be) in the present tense plus the possessor in the adessive case: minulla on X means “I have X.” The adessive suffix -lla attaches to the pronoun, yielding minulla. The thing possessed is typically in the nominative case. The construction can also express temporary possession or availability, as in minulla on aikaa (I have time) or minulla ei ole aikaa (I don’t have time).

The form changes with person: sinulla on (you have), hänellä on (he/she has), meillä on (we have), heillä on (they have). In negative clauses, the same order is used: minulla ei ole rahaa. Word order in Finnish is flexible, but minulla on often appears early in the clause to establish the possessor.

Etymology: minulla derives from minä plus the adessive suffix -lla. The expression is part of a broader Finnish possessive construction that uses possessive pronouns in the adessive form to indicate the holder of something.

See also: Finnish grammar, possessive construction, adessive case, olla.