perheensä

Perheensä is a Finnish noun form consisting of the noun perhe (family) plus the third-person possessive suffix -nsä, producing the meaning “his/her/their family.” It is written as one word and is used to indicate that the family belongs to someone, with the exact possessor understood from context. The form can refer to a singular possessor (his or her family) or a plural possessor (their family), depending on who is being talked about.

In Finnish grammar, possessive suffixes attach directly to the noun. The suffix -nsä (or its allomorph -nsa/-nsä depending on vowel harmony) signals possession by the third person. The possessor is not explicitly stated by a separate word in this noun phrase; instead, gender and number are determined by context and the surrounding sentence.

Usage notes: Perheensä is common in narrative and descriptive text when the speaker or narrator refers to someone’s family without repeating the possessor. Because Finnish grammar relies on context to distinguish between singular and plural possessors, phrases like perheensä can be translated as “his family,” “her family,” or “their family” in English.

Examples:

- Hän hoitaa perheensä. (He/she takes care of his/her family.)

- Perheensä muutti viime vuonna. (Their/Her/HIs family moved last year.)

- Kirjailija kuvaa perheensä arkea. (The author describes his/her/their family’s everyday life.)