Tämänkaltaisia

Tämänkaltaisia is a Finnish expression meaning “of this kind” or “such,” and it functions as a plural partitive form used to modify a plural noun. It is built from the determiner tämä (this) combined with kaltais-, the stem meaning “like, of the kind.” The form shown here, -isia, is the plural partitive ending, and it appears in contexts where the object is indefinite or not fully specified.

In usage, tämänkaltaisia typically accompanies plural nouns to refer to items or examples that share a described kind. It is often found in written Finnish, including journalism and academic prose, and it can pair with verbs that take a partitive object. The singular counterparts are tämänkaltaista (singular partitive) and tämänkaltaisen (singular genitive), while the nominative plural is tämänkaltaiset and the partitive plural is tämänkaltaisia.

Examples include: “Olen nähnyt tämänkaltaisia esimerkkejä.” (I have seen examples like this.) “Tämänkaltaisia ratkaisuja ei kannata toistaa.” (Such solutions should not be repeated.) “Hankkeeseen osallistui tämänkaltaisia yrityksiä.” (Businesses of this kind participated in the project.)

Tämänkaltaisia is sometimes contrasted with similarly meaning adjectives like tällaisia or tämänlaisia. While kaikki voivat usein käyttää nesynonymisesti, tämänkaltaisia carries a slightly more formal, explicit reference to the specific kind already discussed, whereas vaihtoehdot like tällaisia may feel broader or more colloquial.