Tulkintaansa

Tulkintaansa is a Finnish noun phrase formed from tulkinta, meaning interpretation, combined with a third-person possessive suffix. The form indicates that the interpretation belongs to someone or something already referenced in the discourse. In translation, it is commonly rendered as “his/her/its interpretation,” depending on context. The construction is a typical example of Finnish possessive morphology, where the suffix attaches to the noun to express ownership without repeating a possessor pronoun.

Morphologically, Finnish uses possessive suffixes that attach to the end of the noun. For third-person singular possession, the suffix is -ns(a), and the exact spelling adapts to vowel harmony and phonological context, yielding forms such as tulkintansa or tulkintaansa in written text. The choice between variants is determined by the surrounding phonology and orthographic conventions, though the meaning remains “someone’s interpretation.”

Usage of tulkintaansa occurs in analytic, scholarly, and literary contexts whenever a speaker or writer refers to how someone else has interpreted a text, event, data, or phenomenon. It often appears in sentences where the possessor is understood from context, or where the possessor has been previously specified. Examples include: “Keskustelussa hän esitti tulkintaansa” (In the discussion, he presented his interpretation) and “Kritiikki vertasi elokuvan tulkintaansa toisiin kenttien analyyseihin.” The form helps constrain reference to a particular interpretation without repeating pronouns or noun phrases.

See also: tulkinta (interpretation), kielioppi (grammar), suomalainen morfologia.