sellaisia
Sellaisia is a Finnish word that functions as a demonstrative determiner or pronoun meaning “such” or “that kind.” It is the plural partitive form of the word sellainen, which describes a kind or type of something. In use, sellaisia refers to multiple items or to such things in a general sense, often in contexts where the noun is in partitive or the reference is indefinite.
Sellaisia is typically used with plural nouns in the partitive case, for example with kirjoja (books) to
- Hän toi minulle sellaisia kirjoja. (He brought me such books.)
- Sellaisia asioita en ymmärrä. (I don’t understand such things.)
- Sellaisia ei ole paljon ollut. (There haven’t been many such ones.)
Sellaisia is related to other demonstratives like tällaisia (“such [as this]”) and näitä/tuota forms that indicate
In summary, sellaisia is a versatile Finnish form used to refer to multiple items of a kind