No. 678 in Finnish
suomalaisia
"Suomalaisia" means "Finnish people" or "Finns" in English.
In a sentence
Suomalaisia pidetään ystävällisinä ihmisinä.
Finnish people are considered friendly.
'Suomalaisia' is used as a plural form referring to people from Finland, specifically as the object of the verb, indicating a characteristic attributed to them.
Täällä asuu paljon suomalaisia.
Many Finnish people live here.
'Suomalaisia' is used as a plural partitive case, indicating an undefined amount of Finnish people living in the specified location.
Suomalaisia tuotteita arvostetaan ympäri maailmaa.
Finnish products are appreciated around the world.
'Suomalaisia' is used as an adjective form in the plural to describe Finnish products, showing national origin.
Suomalaisia asuu Suomessa.
Finnish people live in Finland.
Here, 'suomalaisia' serves as the object and refers to Finnish people collectively.
Tapasin suomalaisia puistossa.
I met Finnish people in the park.
In this context, 'suomalaisia' acts as the object of the verb 'met' and indicates partitive plural of Finnish people.
Pidän suomalaisia ahkerina.
I consider Finnish people hardworking.
This sentence uses 'suomalaisia' as part of the object complement structure to describe the Finnish people.
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