tässä

Täessä is a Finnish demonstrative form functioning as the inessive case of the pronoun tämä (this). It conveys “in this” or “here” and is used to refer to something close to the speaker or to introduce information within discourse. In English, it is often translated as “here is” or “in this …” depending on context.

Etymology and form: Tässä is built from the demonstrative word tämä plus the inessive suffix -ssä, which marks location in Finnish. It is part of a system of demonstratives that signal spatial relations through case endings rather than separate words alone.

Usage: Tässä is commonly used to indicate location, as intässä talossa (in this house) or tässä kaupungissa (in this city). It is also used to introduce information, for example Tässä on ratkaisu (Here is the solution) or Tässä ovat suunnitelmat (Here are the plans). The phrase missä vaiheessa or tässä vaiheessa means “at this stage.” In speech and writing, tämä usage helps foreground a point or object near the speaker.

Grammatical notes: Tässä is the inessive form of tämä and is not declined like adjectives in other cases; the noun it refers to changes with its own case endings (for example, tässä talossa vs. tämän talon). The noun may be omitted when it is clear from context, with tässä providing the locational or discursive anchor.

See also: Finnish demonstratives and case system; inessive case; dụatives related forms such as täällä (here, at this place) and tuossa (there, at that place).