No. 190 in Finnish
niistä
"Niistä" in Finnish means "of them" or "about them," and it can also mean "blow (one's nose)" depending on the context.
In a sentence
Pidin kaikista niistä elokuvista.
I liked all of those movies.
In this sentence, 'niistä' is in the elative case (indicating 'out of those') and refers to the movies previously mentioned. It conveys preference or selection from a set of items.
Keskustelimme niistä pitkään.
We discussed them for a long time.
Here, 'niistä' also takes the elative case and is used to refer back to a previously mentioned topic or a group of items being the subject of discussion.
Niistä kaikista hän piti eniten.
Out of all of those, he/she liked it the most.
In this example, 'niistä' works similarly, specifying a group from which something is selected, enjoyed, or evaluated.
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