ihmistä

Ihmistä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish noun ihminen, meaning a human being or person. It appears when ihminen is the direct object of a transitive verb in contexts where the object is indefinite, non-precise, or not fully realized, which triggers the partitive case rather than the nominative or genitive.

In Finnish grammar, the partitive is used in several situations, including negation, ongoing or incomplete actions, and after certain verbal constructions. Examples of its use include En nähnyt ihmistä (I did not see a person) and Hän odottaa ihmistä (He is waiting for a person). The form is distinct from the nominative ihminen (a human) and the genitive ihmisen (of a human). The plural partitive form for humans is ihmisiä (many humans).

Morphology and related forms: the base noun is ihminen; the partitive singular is ihmistä; the genitive singular is ihmisen; the nominative singular is ihminen. In the plural, the common partitive form is ihmisiä, used for an unspecified number of people in contexts where the object is indefinite or not fully realized, or in negative clauses.

See also: Finnish noun declensions, partitive case in Finnish, other forms of ihminen.