Yksityisissä

Yksityisissä is a Finnish grammatical form of the adjective yksityinen, meaning private or personal. It represents the inessive plural form, used to modify a plural noun and convey the sense of “in private” or “in private settings.” In everyday language, yksityisissä often appears with a following noun (such as tiloissa or olosuhteissa), but it can also be used elliptically when the noun is understood from context.

Morphology and usage

In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in case and number. The form yksityisissä is the inessive plural ending (-issa) attached to the stem yksityinen. The phrase typically requires a noun to complete the meaning, for example yksityisissä tiloissa (in private rooms) or yksityisissä olosuhteissa (in private circumstances). When the noun is omitted, the word still signals privacy in a broad, context-dependent way, though it is more common in complete expressions.

Context and nuance

Yksityisissä is commonly used to describe conditions, spaces, or arrangements that are private, confidential, or not open to the public. It appears in journalism, official reports, and literary prose to indicate that something occurs away from public view or outside general norms. It is distinct from public or official contexts, which would use public-related adjectives or nouns.

Related concepts

Related Finnish terms include yksityisyys (privacy) and julkisuus (public nature or publicity). The form is primarily a grammatical tool for signaling privacy within larger noun phrases and is not typically a standalone concept.

See also: privacy (yksityisyys) and public life (julkisuus).