tunteja

Tunteja is the partitive plural form of the Finnish noun tunti, meaning hours or class periods. It is used to indicate an unspecified or non-countable amount of time and appears in contexts that require the partitive case.

With exact durations expressed with a numeral, Finnish typically uses tuntia after the numeral (for example kolme tuntia, viisi tuntia). The form tunteja is used when the quantity is not specified or when the emphasis is on duration rather than a precise amount, such as paljon tunteja (many hours), useita tunteja (several hours), or muutamia tunteja (a few hours).

Examples: "Olen tehnyt tunteja töitä." (I have worked for hours.) "Se kestää useita tunteja." (It lasts several hours.) "Olin hereillä tunteja." (I was awake for hours.)

Etymology and grammar: tunti is a native Finnish noun with forms such as tuntia (partitive singular) and tunnit (nominative plural). The non-numeric, indefinite quantity form used in everyday speech—tunteja—is the partitive plural and commonly appears after quantifiers like paljon, useita, or muutamia. This form reflects Finnish syntax where time duration is often expressed in the partitive case when the amount is not precisely specified.