Oppijoidensa

Oppijoidensa is a Finnish inflected word used to indicate possession and number with respect to the noun oppija (“learner”). Morphologically it combines the plural genitive base oppijoiden (of the learners) with the third-person possessive suffix -nsa/-nsä, yielding a meaning close to “his/her/its learners” or “their learners” depending on context.

The form commonly appears in institutional, pedagogical, or formal writing when an organization, teacher, or other agent is described as having learners for whom it is responsible. It differs from oppijoiden, which simply means “of the learners” without specifying a possessor, by explicitly linking the learners to a possessor implied in the sentence.

Examples:

- Koulun tehtävä on tukea oppijoidensa kasvua. (The school’s task is to support the growth of its learners.)

- Opettaja huomioi oppijoidensa erilaiset tarpeet. (The teacher takes into account the different needs of his/her learners.)

Related forms follow regular Finnish possessive paradigms: oppijani, oppijasi, oppijamme, oppijanne, oppijansa, etc. Usage is neutral and idiomatic in standard Finnish, especially in formal or written contexts where the relationship between an educational actor and its learners is being emphasized.