useampaa

Useampaa is a Finnish determiner and quantifier meaning “more than one” or “several.” It functions as the comparative form of the adjective usea, and it is used before a noun to indicate a larger, but indefinite, quantity or to form comparisons. The word is inflected to agree with the noun it describes, and in many constructions the partitive form useampaa is used.

Morphology and grammar

Useampaa is the partitive singular form of useampi. In practice it appears in phrases where the quantity is not bound to a definite number. It commonly combines with a noun in partitive case, as in useampaa ihmistä (“more people”). It can also appear in comparative clauses, e.g., useampaa kuin yksi (“more than one”). When the quantity is clearly defined or the noun is pluralized, other inflectional forms of the noun follow Finnish declension rules.

Usage notes

Useampaa is preferred in contexts where the speaker wishes to emphasize a larger, non-specific quantity of something, especially in formal or neutral discourse. It contrasts with enemmän, which is a broader adverbial or predicative form used to convey a larger amount more generally. In colloquial speech, useampa can appear in many everyday phrases, but useampaa remains the standard partitive form in constructions requiring indefiniteness.

See also

usea, useampi, Finnish numerals and determiners.