sääntöjensä
Sääntöjensä is a Finnish noun phrase meaning “their rules” or “the rules of them.” It is the plural possessive form of sääntö (rule) used when the possessor is a group, organization, or several people. The form is built from the stem sääntö, with the third-person plural possessive connector j and the suffix ensä, yielding sääntöjensa or, in orthography that marks the possessive, sääntöjensä. The exact spelling follows Finnish vowel harmony and standard possessive conventions.
In Finnish, possession is expressed with suffixes attached to the possessed noun. For third-person plural possessors,
- He toimivat sääntöjensä mukaan. (They acted according to their rules.)
- Yrityksen sääntöjensä mukaan on noudatettava tiettyjä menettelytapoja. (According to the company’s rules, certain procedures must be
- Kirjailija viittasi sääntöjensä mukaan johdettuihin rajoihin. (The author referred to rules as their guidelines.)
Finnish possessive suffixes, Finnish grammar, postpositional phrases.