Sijoittamaansa

Sijoittamaansa is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the verb sijoittaa (to invest). It functions as a past active participle with a third-person possessive suffix, and is used in non-finite relative clauses to mean roughly “that he invested” or “invested by him.” The form is typically used to modify a noun in the partitive case, creating a noun phrase that specifies what was invested.

Formation and use: The participle stem sijoittama- combines with the third-person possessive suffix -(n)sa (spelled -ansa or -änsä according to vowel harmony). The result, sijoittamaansa, appears before a head noun such as rahaa (money) or pääomaa (capital) in the partitive: sijoittamaansa rahaa, sijoittamaansa pääomaa. This construction conveys that the object was invested by the subject of the clause. The possessive suffix marks the owner of the action (the one who invested).

Examples:

- Hän menetti sijoittamaansa rahaa. (He lost the money he invested.)

- Sijoittamaansa pääomaa ei ole vielä palautettu. (The capital he invested has not yet been returned.)

These examples show how the form integrates into a sentence without needing a separate relative pronoun.

Relations and alternatives: Sijoittamaansa contrasts with sijoittamaansa ilman omistusmerkkiä sekä with other participial forms such as sijoittama (present participle) or the perfect participle sijoittanut, which can introduce different nuances or require explicit relative pronouns (e.g., jonka hän on sijoittanut) in fuller clauses. The sijoittamaansa form is common in written Finnish, especially in concise or formal contexts, such as financial or news writing.

See also: Finnish grammar, participles, relative clauses, sijoittaa.