lapsista

In a sentence

• Lapset puhuvat usein mielikuvituksestaan, ja yksi mielenkiintoisimmista tarinoista tulee aina yhdeltä lapsista.

  Children often talk about their imagination, and one of the most interesting stories always comes from one of the children.

  'lapsista' in this sentence is used to express 'from one of the children', indicating a partitive plural form showing a source or participant in the group described as 'children'.

• Opettaja kysyi kaikilta lapsista, mikä heidän lempipelinsä on.

  The teacher asked all of the children about their favorite game.

  'lapsista' here is in the partitive plural form, used with the verb 'kysyi' (asked) to refer to asking questions to the group 'children'.

• Yksi lapsista osaa jo soittaa pianoa erittäin kauniisti.

  One of the children already plays the piano very beautifully.

  'lapsista' functions here as a partitive plural form, indicating 'of the children', referring to identifying one individual within the group of children.

• Monet lapsista nauttivat ulkoleikeistä.

  Many of the children enjoy outdoor play.

  Here, 'lapsista' means 'of the children' and is used in the context of referring to partitive plurality within a partitive sense.

• Yksi lapsista unohti takkinsa luokkaan.

  One of the children forgot their jacket in the classroom.

  In this sentence, 'lapsista' indicates one child out of a group, demonstrating the usage of 'of the children' in partitive plurality.

• He puhuvat aina hyvää lapsista.

  They always speak well of the children.

  The phrase 'lapsista' is used to denote 'about the children,' representing an elative case from plural nominative.