tytönsä

Tytönsä is a Finnish possessive construction that translates to “his/her daughter.” It is not a standalone root word but a grammatical form built from the noun tyttö (girl) in the genitive form tytön, combined with the third-person possessive suffix sä. The result is a single word, tytönsä, that indicates ownership by a third-party subject.

Formation and grammar

In Finnish, possession of a noun can be expressed by attaching a possessive suffix to the noun in its appropriate case form. For a third-person singular possessor, the suffix is sä, which attaches to the genitive base tytön to yield tytönsä. The overall meaning is determined by context or by an accompanying possessive pronoun such as hänen, which specifies whose daughter is being referred to.

Usage

Työnsä/tytönsä construction appears in both written and spoken Finnish to denote “her/his daughter” in a compact form. It is common in narrative and descriptive prose where the possessor is understood from context. To avoid ambiguity, writers often pair the noun with the explicit possessive pronoun hänen (e.g., hänen tyttönsä) when the possessor needs to be clearly identified.

Examples

Hänen tyttönsä asuu kaupungissa. (Her daughter lives in the city.)

Vierasäntä kertoi tyttönsä tarinan. (The guest told the story of his/her daughter.)

See also

Finnish grammar, Genitive case, Possessive suffix in Finnish.