Päätelmiään

Päätelmiään is a Finnish inflected form of the noun päätelmä, meaning a conclusion or inference. It is used in contexts where the conclusions drawn by someone are being referred to, especially when those conclusions are the object of discussion, presentation, or evaluation. In practice, the form often appears in academic, journalistic, or analytical text to indicate possession by the subject of the clause and to mark the object in partitive.

The form combines a plural, partitive sense of the noun with a third-person possessive suffix, signaling that the conclusions belong to the subject of the sentence (he, she, it, or they). A typical use is in sentences like "Tutkija esitti päätelmiään" (The researcher presented his/her conclusions). In this way, päätelmiään stands apart from bare plurals such as päätelmät (conclusions) and from other possessive constructions like päätelmänsä (his/her/its conclusions) or päätelmiään in contexts where the object is viewed as partial or in flux.

In Finnish, there are related terms and forms. Päätelmä (singular) and päätelmät (nominative plural) are the base forms, while johtopäätökset is a common synonym in formal prose. The choice between päätelmiään and other forms depends on the sentence’s voice, aspect, and whether the speaker refers to someone’s (or several people’s) conclusions as owned or contested within the discussion.