jollainen

Jollainen is a Finnish interrogative and relative pronoun. It functions similarly to "what kind of" or "what sort of" in English when used as a question. For example, "Millainen sää tänään on?" translates to "What kind of weather is it today?". It can also be used in exclamations to express surprise or wonder about the nature of something.

As a relative pronoun, jollainen connects a subordinate clause to a main clause, indicating the characteristic or quality of the noun it refers to. It can be translated as "such as," "the kind of," or "one that is." For instance, "Hän on sellainen ihminen, jollainen harvoin tapaa" means "He is the kind of person you rarely meet." The form of jollainen can change depending on the grammatical case and number required by the sentence. It agrees with the noun it modifies or refers to. The basic form is used in the nominative singular, but it can be declined into other cases like genitive (jollaisen), partitive (jollaista), illative (jollaiseksi), and so on. Understanding its declension is crucial for correct usage in complex sentences.