talouksista

Talouksista is a Finnish grammatical form: the elative plural of the noun talous. The base word talous can mean either economy or household, and talouksista carries the sense of origin or reference that comes with the elative case. In practice, talouksista is used when speaking of something that originates from or concerns the economies or households, and it often functions as the object of verbs or prepositions that require the elative.

senses and disambiguation

The meaning of talouksista depends on context. In macroeconomic or policy discussions, talouksista usually refers to the economies of a country or region. In sociological research, it can refer to individual households. Because talous has these two primary senses, sentences containing talouksista can be ambiguous without clarifying context, so nearby descriptors (for example talouksista puhetta, talouksista tutkimusta) help disambiguate.

usage notes

Talouksista is typically used with verbs that take the elative, such as puhua talouksista (to talk about the economies/households) or kertoa talouksista (to report on the economies/households). It can appear in statistical or analytical writing when data or analysis concern households or economies, for example talouksista kerätyt tiedot (data collected from households) or talouksista käytävä keskustelu (the discussion about the economies/households).

see also

The related forms include talous (singular) and talousten (genitive plural), which shift among meanings and grammatical roles. The exact interpretation of talouksista is determined by the broader sentence and topic.