Asiakkailla

Asiakkailla is the adessive plural form of the Finnish noun asiakas, meaning customer. It expresses location or association with multiple customers, and it is used to refer to the customers as the referent in a clause, often as the subject or as the party affected by an action.

In Finnish grammar, asiakas belongs to the first declension in the singular and plural variations. The adessive case -lla/-llä marks where or with whom something occurs, translating roughly as "at/with the customers." For instance, in the sentence "Asiakkailla on oikeus saada tietoa," the customers possess the right to receive information. The form is common in consumer law, service industry discourse, and everyday language when the group of customers is the focal point of the statement.

Usage notes and nuance:

- Asiakkailla often appears in formal or semi-formal contexts when distinguishing the customers from other groups (such as the company or employees).

- It can indicate possession or experience, similar to how other adessive forms are used in Finnish, for example, "minulla on" (I have) or "asiakkailla on mahdollisuus" (the customers have an opportunity).

- The word can be contrasted with asiakas (singular nominative), asiakkaat (plural nominative), or asiakkaan/asiakkaiden (genitive forms) depending on the sentence structure and emphasis.

Related forms:

- Asiakas (customer, singular nominative)

- Asiakkaan (customer’s, genitive singular)

- Asiakkaat (customers, plural nominative)

- Asiakkaalla (at/with the customer, singular adessive)

- Asiakkaat (the customers, plural adessive is asiakkailla)

See also Finnish grammar, cases, and consumer-language usage.