kampanjassaan

Kampanjassaan is a Finnish grammatical construction that translates roughly to “in his/her campaign.” It is formed by combining kampanja (campaign) with the inessive suffix -ssa to indicate location, and with the third-person possessive suffix -nsa to specify ownership. The result expresses that an action, statement, or situation occurs within the context of a particular person’s campaign.

Morphology and usage

The form kampanjassaan is derived from kampanja in its inessive form kampanjassa plus the possessive suffix -nsä (or -nsä in its adjusted form), yielding a construction that marks both the domain (the campaign) and the possessor (his/her). Finnish can similarly produce kampanjassani (in my campaign), kampanjassasi (in your campaign), kampanjassamme (in our campaign), kampanjassanne (in your campaign, plural or formal), and kampanjassaan (in his/her campaign). This pattern is typical for Finnish possessive and locative inflection and is commonly used in political reporting, commentary, and everyday discourse.

Examples

- Puolue julkaisi ohjelmansa kampanjassaan. (The party published its program during its campaign.)

- Hän lupasi veronalennuksia kampanjassaan. (He/she promised tax cuts in his/her campaign.)

- Me esittelemme tavoitteemme kampanjassamme. (We present our goals in our campaign.)

Notes

Kampanjassaan is a neutral, informative expression used to describe actions tied to a candidate or party’s campaign. It can be contrasted with kampanjassamme, kampanjassanne, and other person-specific forms to indicate different possessors. See also Finnish grammar on possessive suffixes and the inessive case.