jäseniä

Jäseniä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish noun jäsen, meaning member. It refers to members of a group, organization, or body and is used when the noun phrase is in the partitive case, typically in contexts involving an indefinite quantity, negation, or as the complement of a verb that requires a partitive object. The form is common in everyday language when the focus is on the members as an amount or as a group rather than on specific individuals.

Usage notes:

- Jäseniä is commonly seen in phrases such as koulun hallituksen jäseniä (“members of the school board”) and paljon jäseniä (“many members”).

- It is the partitive form, in contrast to the nominative plural jäsenet, which is used when the members are the subject of a sentence or referred to as a definite group.

- The partitive form appears after numerals and in clauses with negation or incomplete actions, where Finnish generally uses partitive case.

Examples:

- Koulun hallituksen jäseniä valittiin. (Members of the school board were elected.)

- Organisaatiossa on paljon jäseniä. (There are many members in the organization.)

- Ei ole lainkaan jäseniä tässä ryhmässä. (There are no members in this group at all.)

See also:

- jäsen (member)

- jäsenyys (membership)

- jäsenkunta (body of members)