Viestejä

Viestejä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish noun viesti, meaning messages. It is used to refer to an indefinite quantity of messages or to indicate the direct object of a verb in sentences about receiving or sending messages. For example, you would say “Olen saanut viestejä” (I have received messages) or “Lähetän viestejä” (I am sending messages).

The root viesti comes from the verb viestittää, meaning to convey or to communicate. The suffix -jä marks the partitive plural in this noun form, which distinguishes it from the nominative plural viestit (the messages) used when the messages themselves are the subject of a sentence. The partitive form is common in Finnish for unspecified amounts or when the action affects an undefined number of items.

In contemporary Finnish, viestejä typically refers to electronic or written messages, such as tekstiviestejä (text messages) or sähköpostiviestejä (email messages). The term appears frequently in everyday speech about communication, including informal chat, work correspondence, and media reporting on messaging activity.

See also viesti, viestintä, tekstiviestejä. Viestejä functions as a versatile form for discussing messages in general, while its related forms help distinguish subject, object, and count in Finnish grammar.