Questions & Answers about Heillä on hyvä suhde.
What does heillä literally mean here?
Literally, heillä means something like at them, with them, or in their possession.
In this sentence, it is how Finnish expresses they have. So:
- heillä on = they have
- literal structure = at them is
This is a very common Finnish pattern.
What form is heillä?
Heillä is the adessive form of he.
- he = they
- adessive ending = -lla / -llä
- he + illä gives heillä
With pronouns, these forms are learned as whole forms:
- minulla = I have
- sinulla = you have
- hänellä = he/she has
- meillä = we have
- teillä = you plural / you formal have
- heillä = they have
The adessive often has meanings like on, at, or with, depending on context.
Why does Finnish say heillä on instead of using a verb meaning to have?