hyvästä

Hyvästä is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective hyvä, meaning "good." In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify across cases; the elative case, marked with -sta or -stä, expresses origin or source and can also mark the topic of discussion or basis in certain constructions. As a result, hyvästä is used when the associated noun is in the elative or when the phrase means "from good [X]" or "about good [X]."

Common uses include indicating origin or source, for example from something of good quality, and marking the topic of discussion with verbs such as puhua or keskustella. The elative form also appears in phrases expressing evaluation or experience, such as enjoying something of good quality. Because Finnish adjectives agree with the case of the noun they modify, hyvästä will be used with elative nouns rather than other cases when the intended meaning involves origin, source, or topic.

Examples:

Puhuin hyvästä ruoasta. (I talked about good food.)

Keskustelussa käsiteltiin hyvästä johtamisesta. (The discussion covered good leadership.)

Olen nauttinut hyvästä ilmasta. (I have enjoyed good weather.)

Hyvästä thus functions as a case-marked form of hyvä that broadens the ways in which the adjective can relate to nouns within Finnish sentence structure.