itsensä

itse with a possessive suffix

• IPA^(key): /ˈitsensæˣ/,
• Rhymes: -itsensæ
• Hyphenation^(key): it‧sen‧sä

itsensä

1. (reflexive pronoun) The third-person singular and plural of the reflexive pronoun, himself, herself; itself; oneself; themselves.

   Sinun täytyy luottaa itseesi.

   You must trust yourself.

   Anna kertoi Riitan yrittäneen tappaa itsensä.

   Anna told that Riitta had tried to kill herself.

• This pronoun has no nominative form.
• If this pronoun is an object of a postposition that requires a genitive form, a possessive suffix is not appended to the postposition (because itsensä already has one):

hänen kanssansa ― with him/her

heidän kanssansa ― with them (only of people)

itsensä kanssa ― with himself/herself/themselves/itself/oneself

• All the cases, except for the genitive and the illative, have a shortened form (see the usage notes of -nsä). Both forms are acceptable in standard Finnish.

• netissä, sinestä