Alilauseiksi

Alilauseiksi is the translative plural form of alilause, a term in Finnish grammar referring to subordinate clauses. In practice the word means “into subordinate clauses” or “as subordinate clauses” and is used when describing a transformation or classification of phrases within sentences. The form appears in linguistic descriptions and analyses rather than in everyday speech.

Morphology and usage: alilause is the base noun meaning a subordinate clause. The translative case marked by -ksi (singular) or -iksi (plural) indicates a change of state or role. Thus alilauseiksi means “into subordinate clauses” or “as subordinate clauses.” The construction commonly occurs with verbs that express transformation or representation, for example muuttaa alilauseiksi (to change into subordinate clauses) or esittää alilauseiksi (to present as subordinate clauses). In descriptive grammar, researchers may say that a text can be analyzed or reorganized as alilauseiksi to clarify syntactic structure.

Context and examples: alilauseiksi is primarily found in linguistic writing rather than everyday language. Example: Lauseet voidaan muuttaa alilauseiksi analyysissä. Tämä tarkoittaa, että kokonainen lause jaetaan päälauseeseen ja alilauseisiin. Esimerkki todellisesta alilauseesta on “kun sade loppuu,” joka muodostaa alilauseen lauseessa “Lähden ulos, kun sade loppuu.” Here the subordinate clause is introduced by a conjunction and functions within the larger sentence, while alilauseiksi describes how such clauses can be treated or categorized in analysis.