Puheesta

Puheesta is the elative form of the Finnish noun puhe, meaning "speech" or "talk". Morphologically it is formed by adding the case ending -sta/-stä to puhe, producing puheesta. In Finnish elative case forms denote movement out of, origin, source or a point of departure, and are also used in many idiomatic expressions to mean "about" or "judging from".

Pronunciation is approximately [ˈpuheestɑ], with primary stress on the first syllable. There is no consonant gradation in this formation; the stem puhe remains unchanged.

Typical uses and translations include "from the speech", "out of the talk" and, in contexts of discussion or inference, "about the speech" or "judging from the speech". Example sentences:

- Puhuimme puheesta, jonka hän piti eilen. (We talked about the speech he gave yesterday.)

- Puheesta päätellen hän oli valmistautunut hyvin. (Judging from the speech, he was well prepared.)

Puheesta appears in ordinary conversation, journalistic writing and academic contexts whenever the elative case is required for expressing source, origin or topic. Understanding it is part of mastering Finnish nominal case use, one of the language’s central grammatical features.