Asunnoissa

Asunnoissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun asunto, meaning dwelling or apartment. It is used to indicate location inside multiple dwellings, for example when describing where people or objects are located within more than one apartment. The form is created by adding the inessive plural suffix -issa to the stem derived from asunto, with standard Finnish phonological adjustments that yield asunnoissa.

In Finnish, asunnoissa contrasts with asunnossa, which is the singular inessive form meaning “in the apartment.” Other related forms include illative plural asunnoihin (into the apartments) and partitive form asunnoista (from the dwellings). The word commonly appears in discussions of housing, urban planning, social policy, and everyday description of living arrangements in multi-dwelling environments.

Usage and examples help illustrate its function. For instance, sentences like “Asunnoissa on usein yhteiset tilat” and “Tutkimus kartoitti asukkaiden kokemuksia asunnoissa” show how the term situates actions or descriptions within multiple dwellings rather than a single unit. Because asunnoissa is a grammatical form rather than a separate concept, its meaning relies on the surrounding context to specify which apartments or housing blocks are involved.

See also: Finnish language, noun cases, asuntomääreet, housing terminology.