taitonsa

Taitonsa is a Finnish noun phrase formed from the noun taito, meaning skill or craft, together with the third-person possessive suffix -nsä/-nsa. The result means "one's own skill" and is used to refer to the subject's particular ability.

Formation and grammar: Taitonsa is a possessed form of taito and typically functions as a noun phrase in sentences. It can serve as the object of a verb or as a topic in a sentence, and it corresponds to other possessive forms such as taitoni (my skill) and taitosi (your skill), reflecting person and number through the standard Finnish possessive system.

Usage: Common verbs that take taitonsa as a related object include näytetään or shown contexts, such as näytti taitonsa (showed his/her skill) or käytti taitonsa (used his/her skill). Examples: Hän näytti taitonsa kilpailussa. Hän käytti taitonsa ratkaistakseen tehtävän. In these frames, taitonsa foregrounds a concrete, individual capacity rather than a general concept of skill.

Notes: Taitonsa is not a standalone lexical item with a separate meaning; it is a grammatical inflection of taito. Its precise nuance depends on context, often emphasizing the subject’s specific competence in a given situation, rather than skill in the abstract.