kysyntänsä

Kysyntänsä is the possessive form of the Finnish noun kysyntä (demand). In Finnish, possessive forms express ownership of a noun and are attached to the possessed noun. Kysyntänsä literally means "its demand" and is used when the possessor is known from context, such as a company, a region, or another entity.

Formation and morphology: The form is created by adding the third-person singular possessive suffix to kysyntä. The suffix appears in two phonological variants, -nsa and -nsä, chosen to harmonize with the stem vowels. The result is a single noun-phrase that can function as a subject, object, or attribute in a sentence depending on case endings.

Usage: Kysyntänsä is common in written and spoken Finnish when the referent is already identifiable. It is often used in economics, marketing, and business writing to attribute demand to a particular agent without repeating the possessor’s name. For clarity or emphasis, speakers may replace it with the full noun phrase, such as yrityksen kysyntä (the company's demand). The word is inflected as a normal noun in sentences: e.g., "Kysyntänsä on kasvanut viime vuosina" or "Kysyntänsä heijastaa markkinoiden tarpeita" though the latter might feel more formal.

Limitations: While grammatically correct, overuse of the possessive form can reduce clarity, especially when multiple possible possessors exist in a paragraph.