pensaissa

Pensaissa is a Finnish locative form meaning "in the bushes." It is the inessive plural form of the noun for bush or shrub and is used to indicate a location within multiple bushes or within a hedge.

In Finnish grammar, the inessive case marks location with the sense of "in" or "inside." The plural form pensaissa is used when referring to several bushes; the singular equivalent is pensaassa, used for a single bush.

Usage and examples are common in everyday speech and writing to describe where something is located. For example, Linnut piileskelevät pensaissa, meaning The birds hide in the bushes, and Marjat kasvavat pensaissa, meaning The berries grow in the bushes. The form can appear in descriptive contexts involving natural vegetation or cultivated hedges alike.

Notes: When referring to a single bush, speakers use the singular pensaassa. The word pensa in isolation is the root meaning bush or shrub, and pensaissa is specifically the plural inessive form. The construction is a standard part of Finnish noun inflection and is widely understood by native speakers.

See also: pensa (bush), inessive case in Finnish grammar.