Vuosina

Vuosina is a Finnish adverbial expression formed from the noun vuosi (year) and used to indicate a time period measured in years. It functions to anchor a clause to a span of years and is common in formal writing, such as historical summaries, statistical reports, and academic text.

Usage and examples

Vuosina is typically followed by a calendar year range, for example: Suomen talous kasvoi vuosina 2008–2010. This means “in the years 2008–2010.” The phrase can also appear in contexts describing trends over time, such as vuosina 1990–1999 or vuosina viime vuosina to express ongoing development within those years. For referring to a single year, Finnish normally uses the form vuonnal or vuosi in the appropriate case, for example Vuonna 2020 ...

Etymology and register

The form is derived by attaching the suffix -na to vuosi, producing a temporal expression that means “in the years ….” The usage is more common in written and formal registers and may sound somewhat technical in everyday speech.

Related expressions

Vuosina is related to other time expressions such as vuosi (year), vuodet (years, plural), vuosi-ilmaukset in speech, and phrases like viime vuosina (in recent years) that convey a similar temporal focus with a different nuance.

Notes

Vuosina helps situate statements historically or statistically, clarifying the exact period under discussion.