Tunteissa

Tunteissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun tunne, which means feeling or emotion. In Finnish grammar, the inessive case expresses being inside or within something, and for plural nouns the usual suffix is -issa or -issä. Therefore tunteet (feelings) in the inessive plural becomes tunteissa, literally “in feelings.”

Usage and meaning. Tunteissa is used to describe someone being in an emotional state or mood, often in a way that is metaphorical rather than literal. It can convey that a person is emotionally affected, preoccupied, or immersed in certain feelings. The expression is common in everyday language as well as in literature and media to emphasize emotional tone or introspection. For example, sentences such as “Hän on tunteissaan” convey that someone is deeply within their emotions, while “kappaleen sanoitukset kuvaavat tunteissa vellovaa rakkautta” describes love that is intense and emotionally charged.

Grammatical notes. Tunteissa is formed from tunne (feeling) with the plural ending -et to form tunteet, followed by the plural inessive suffix -issa. Finnish surface forms can vary with vowel harmony and consonant alternations, but tunteissa is the standard form for “in feelings” in plural. The form can appear with possessive suffixes in phrases like tunteissaan or tunteissani to indicate “in his/her feelings” or “in my feelings,” respectively, though such constructions depend on the broader sentence structure.

See also. Finnish grammar, Inessive case, Noun inflection, Tunteet.