Turisteja

Turisteja is the partitive plural form of turisti, the Finnish word for tourist. In Finnish grammar, turisteja refers to tourists as an indefinite or partial group, often used when the exact number is unknown or when the tourists are the object of an action. It is the form you typically see in everyday Finnish when describing encounters with visitors or discussing tourism in general.

Turisteja differs from turistit (the nominative plural) and from turisti (the singular). The turisteja form serves a grammatical role called the partitive, typically marking indefinite quantities or objects of verbs and adjectives that require a non-definite form.

Formation of turisteja is by adding the suffix -ja to the stem turiste-, yielding turisteja. The form is common for many Finnish nouns, especially those ending in -i in the singular.

Usage in discourse is frequent in travel writing and tourism statistics. Example sentences include: Kaupungissa oli paljon turisteja. Olemme nähneet tänään monia turisteja.