minkälaatuisia
Minkälaatuisia is a Finnish interrogative adjective form used to ask about the kind or quality of multiple items. It is the plural partitive form of the adjective minkälaatuinen, which means “what kind of” or “what sort of.” In a sentence it accompanies a plural noun in the partitive case, for example kirjoja (books) or elokuvia (films).
In usage, minkälaisia is employed when asking about several items and focusing on their characteristics or
- Minkälaisia kirjoja sinulla on? (What kinds of books do you have?)
- Minkälaisia autoja he ostivat? (What kinds of cars did they buy?)
- Minkälaiset ihmiset asuvat tässä naapurustossa? (What kind of people live in this neighborhood?)
- Minkälaisia is specifically partitive plural, used with indefinite or non-subject nouns in many questions.
- The parallel nominative plural form is minkälaiset, used when the subject of the clause is in
Overall, minkälaatuisia is a standard Finnish tool for asking about the variety or quality of multiple items,