Hotellissa

Hotellissa is the inessive case form of the Finnish noun hotelli, meaning hotel. In Finnish, nouns decline for case, and the inessive marks location inside something. Therefore hotellissa means “in the hotel” or “inside the hotel.”

The inessive suffix is -ssa/-ssä, chosen according to vowel harmony; with hotell i, the form becomes hotellissa. The plural form for “in hotels” is hotelleissa. These forms are used when describing location or presence inside a hotel, such as rooms, lobbies, or facilities. Examples: Olen hotellissa. (I am in the hotel.) Hotellissa on rauhallista. (The hotel is quiet inside.)

Related forms cover other directions or relations with a hotel. For example, elative form hotellista means “out of the hotel,” allative form hotellille means “to the hotel,” and adessive form hotellilla means “on/at the hotel.” The genitive form hotellin indicates possession, as in hotellin palvelut (the hotel’s services). In plural, the corresponding forms appear as hotellista, hotelleista, hotellilla, hotellilla, etc., depending on case and number.

Etymology and usage: hotellli is a loanword from Swedish hotell, itself from the French hôtel. In modern Finnish, hotellissa is a standard, neutral form used in everyday speaking and writing when indicating location inside a hotel. See also Finnish noun declension and case system for broader context.