yksityistä

Yksityistä is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective yksityinen, meaning private, personal, or not public. It is used when the noun it modifies is in the partitive case, often to express indefiniteness, partialness, or non-public nature. The word is common in everyday and formal language when contrasting private with public aspects.

In practice, yksityistä appears in phrases such as yksityistä rahaa (private funds), yksityistä tietoa (private information), or yksityistä elämää (private life). It can also modify nouns in broader contexts, for example yksityistä sektoria (the private sector) in a partitive construction. The form is typically chosen after verbs or in sentences where the object is not fully specified or is measured in part.

Yksityinen as an adjective has several related forms: genitive is yksityisen, accusative and plural forms vary with the noun they modify. The antonym is julkinen, meaning public. In compounds, the prefix yksityis- appears in terms like yksityisyys (privacy) or yksityistettu (privatized), but these may follow different inflection patterns.

Usage notes: yksityistä is most common when the speaker emphasizes the private, non-public aspect of something, rather than a definite or fully specified private entity. It pairs with a wide range of nouns, especially those referring to information, funding, or life circumstances. Understanding its proper use depends on the overall case and number of the noun it modifies in the sentence.