opettajansa
Opettajansa is a Finnish possessive construction derived from the noun opettaja, meaning “teacher.” It carries a third-person singular possessive suffix, producing the form opettajansa, which translates to “his/her/its teacher.” The suffix follows vowel harmony rules, so the exact shape can be -nsa or -nsä, depending on the stem’s vowels. For opettaja, the common form is opettajansa.
In use, opettajansa denotes ownership by a third person and is not limited to a specific gender.
- Opettajansa specifically marks a third-person possessor. To express “my teacher” or “your teacher,” different possessive forms
- The form is common in both spoken and written Finnish and appears in various contexts, including
- The same possessive pattern applies to other nouns with appropriate suffixes, reflecting Finnish’s characteristic system of