perheestä

Perheestä is the elative singular form of the Finnish noun perhe, meaning “the family.” In Finnish grammar, the elative case marks origin or source and, in some constructions, the topic of discussion. Perheestä is used when something comes from the family or when the family is the subject being talked about.

Common uses include expressing origin: “Olen kotoisin perheestä, jossa on kolme lasta” (I come from a family with three children). It is also used to indicate the topic of information: “kirja perheestä” (a book about the family) or “tietoja perheestä” (information about the family). The elative form thus helps distinguish from other cases such as the genitive “perheen” (of the family) and the partitive “perhettä” (the family as a partial object).

Formation and related forms: the elative ending -stä attaches to the stem perhe to form perheestä. Related forms include the genitive perheen (of the family) and the partitive perhettä (the family in a partial or indefinite sense). The word is native to Finnish and is used across formal and informal language to convey origin, source, or a topic linked to the family.