näitä

Näitä is the partitive plural form of the Finnish demonstrative pronoun nä- which corresponds to the English "these." It is used to refer to a set of items that is being discussed in a non-specified or partial sense, often in contexts involving negation or partial quantities. In sentences, näitä typically accompanies a noun in the partitive case or stands in for an implied noun understood from context.

Etymology and forms: Näitä derives from the demonstrative paradigms for this/these. The basic forms are: tämä (singular this), nämä (plural nominative these), and näitä (plural partitive these). The genitive plural form is näiden. Finnish demonstratives change case to mark grammatical role, and näitä is the common partitive plural form used with verbs and adjectives that require the partitive.

Usage: Näitä is used where the object is not fully specified or is treated as non-countable in the context, and with verbs that take the partitive. Examples include: "Ostin näitä kirjoja" (I bought these books), "En halua näitä" (I don’t want these), and "Näitä on pöydällä" (There are many of these on the table). It can also modify a noun phrase, as in "näitä kirjoja" (these books), where the noun is in the partitive plural.

See also: Related Finnish demonstratives include tämä (singular this), nämä (plural nominative these), näiden (genitive plural). The broader category is Finnish pronouns and demonstratives, which inflect for number and case.