Allatiivisia

Allatiivisia is a term referring to the allative, a Finnish grammatical case that marks direction toward a destination or recipient. In Finnish, the allative is typically formed with the suffix -lle and is used with nouns to indicate movement toward or reaching a place or person. For example, talo → talolle means “to the house,” and koulut → kouluille means “to the schools.” In the plural, the suffix attaches to the plural stem, yielding talot → taloille and koulut → kouluille.

The allative contrasts with the illative, which marks movement into a space or interior, as in taloon meaning “into the house.” The allative thus expresses destination or goal rather than entry. It is common in sentences describing where someone is going, where something is headed, or who is receiving something: “Menen talolle” (I’m going to the house), “Annan kirjan opettajalle” (I give the book to the teacher).

Allatiivisia can also occur as a plural partitive adjective form. The word allatiivinen (the allative) has the plural partitive form allatiivisia, used to describe multiple allative forms or expressions, e.g., allatiivisia ilmauksia.

Usage notes include its role with verbs of motion and with recipients, as well as its interaction with other postpositional cases in Finnish grammar. The allative is a productive and widely used case in Finnish, especially in everyday spatial language and in phrases indicating direction, destination, or beneficiary.