loppuunsa

Loppuunsa is a Finnish grammatical form that expresses bringing something to its end. It consists of the noun loppu (end) in illative form together with the third-person possessive suffix, yielding the meaning “to its end” or “into its end.” The form is typically used with verbs of completion to indicate that a process is brought to a conclusion for a particular subject.

Morphology: The illative suffix in this construction is -uun (from loppu → loppuun). The possessive suffix is -nsa or -nsä, depending on vowel harmony, attached to the illative form to indicate “its.” The resulting form is loppuunsa. It is also found as a base for compounds such as loppuunsaattaminen (the act of bringing to completion).

Usage: Loppuunsa appears in formal, written Finnish and in idiomatic expressions that describe completion. Common verb combinations include viedä loppuunsa (to bring to completion) and saada loppuunsa (to have achieved completion). The form emphasizes finishing something to its end rather than merely approaching the end.

Examples:

- Hanke vietiin loppuunsa viime vuonna. (The project was brought to its end last year.)

- Projekti viedään loppuunsa tänä vuonna. (The project is being brought to its end this year.)

- Loppuunsaattaminen kesti useita vuosia. (The act of bringing to completion took many years.)

See also: Finnish grammar; Illative case; Possessive suffix.