No. 54 in Finnish
tämä
"This."
In a sentence
Tämä on minun kirjani.
This is my book.
In this sentence, 'tämä' is used to refer to a specific object, emphasizing its identity as the speaker's book.
Pidän tästä väristä.
I like this color.
Here, 'tästä' (the partitive form of 'tämä') indicates the specific color being referred to, adding precision to the object of liking.
Tämä kuva on kaunis.
This picture is beautiful.
In this example, 'tämä' is used demonstratively to specify which picture is being described as beautiful.
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