Sinulla

Sinulla is the adessive form of the Finnish second-person pronoun sinä and is used to indicate possession or a relation to the addressee. In English, it functions as “on you” or “with you,” depending on the context. The most common construction is with the verb olla, to express possession, as in Sinulla on aikaa (You have time) or Sinulla ei ole aikaa (You do not have time).

Grammatically, sinulla is part of a set of personal pronoun forms that change by case. Other adessive forms include minulla (on me/with me), hänellä (on him/her), meillä (on us/with us), teillä (on you all/with you all), and heillä (on them/with them). These forms are typically used in sentences where the subject is the possessor rather than the thing possessed, and the verb olla serves as the linking element.

Usage notes and examples:

- What do you have? Mistä sinulla on? or more naturally, Mitä sinulla on?

- You have a good idea. Sinulla on hyvä idea.

- You don’t have time. Sinulla ei ole aikaa.

Sinulla is a neutral, everyday feature of Finnish grammar and is essential for expressing possession and related states toward the second-person addressee. It differs from the nominative sinä (you) and from possessive forms such as sinun (your) or sinua (you, object form), because sinulla marks the possessor in conjunction with olla or other predicates.