possessiiviseen

Possessiiviseen is a Finnish inflected form of the adjective possessiivinen, which means possessive. In Finnish grammar, possessiivinen describes something related to possession, and possessiiviseen is the illative singular form used when talking about entering or moving into the possessive form. The term is primarily a linguistic description and is most commonly encountered in grammars, language teaching, and linguistic discussions rather than in everyday speech.

Morphology and usage

Possessiivinen follows the typical pattern of Finnish adjectives ending in -inen. Like other -inen adjectives, it takes the illative case in the form -iseen for singular and -isiin for plural. Thus, possessiivisen becomes possessiiviseen in the illative singular (into the possessive form) and possessiivisiin in the illative plural (into the possessive forms). This inflection allows speakers to discuss transforming words into their possessive form within a sentence.

Function and context

The term is used to describe grammar rather than to label a common syntactic category in ordinary conversation. It appears in explanations of how Finnish marks possession, either through possessive suffixes on nouns or through possessive constructions with pronouns. When teachers or grammarians refer to the “possessiivinen muoto” or “possessiiviseen muotoon,” they are describing the state or process of forming or using the possessive form of a word.

See also

Possessive in Finnish, omistus, possessive suffixes, Finnish grammar, -inen adjectives.