Sitä

Sitä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish demonstrative pronoun se, meaning "that" or "it." It functions as a pronoun referring to something mentioned or understood in the discourse, but in the partitive rather than as a definite object. In Finnish grammar, the partitive form is often used to indicate indefiniteness, partiality, or non-countable quantity, and ruhig appears in contexts where the reference is not treated as a fully bounded whole.

Sitä is most common in situations that require the partitive case. This includes negation, where the object of the verb is not presented as a complete whole (for example, en näe sitä, I don’t see it), as well as with verbs and constructions that take a partitive object or express partial quantity, such as when referring to an unspecified portion of something. It also appears in many fixed phrases and stylistic uses that rely on the partitive mood.

Common examples and phrases include: En näe sitä. Minulla on sitä vähän. Sitä paitsi, meidän täytyy olla varovaisia. Sitä vastoin hän ajattelee toisin. While many uses depend on the surrounding verb or phrase, the governing idea is that the reference is not treated as a complete, definite entity, but as a part or aspect of it.

See also: Finnish grammar, demonstratives, partitive case.