lähdöstään

Lähdöstään is a Finnish word that translates to "about his/her/their departure" or "from his/her/their leaving." It is a possessive suffix form of the word "lähtö," which means "departure," "start," or "leaving." The "-nsä" suffix indicates possession in the third person, referring to someone or something that has departed.

The word is commonly used in sentences to describe the circumstances or reasons behind someone's leaving. For example, "Puhuimme hänen lähdöstään" translates to "We spoke about his/her departure." Similarly, "Olimme pahoillamme heidän lähdöstään" means "We were sorry about their leaving." The context of the sentence clarifies who or what has departed.

The grammatical structure of "lähdöstään" involves the partitive case of "lähtö" ("lähdöstä") combined with the third-person possessive suffix "-nsä." This grammatical construction is typical in Finnish for expressing possession when referring to a noun that is in a case other than the nominative. Therefore, "lähdöstään" specifically denotes "about/from his/her/their departure" when the departure itself is the subject of discussion or has an effect.