Ihmisellä

Ihmisellä is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun ihminen, meaning a person or human being. It is used to indicate location on or at a person, and is common in constructions that express possession or attribution with the verb on (there is/has). In typical sentences, the subject or possessor is expressed by the adessive form, while what is possessed or described follows after on.

Morphology and usage:

- Base noun: ihminen

- Adessive singular: ihmisellä (on a person, at a person)

- Plural adessive: ihmisillä (on people, at people)

- Related forms include ihmisen (genitive, of a person), ihminen (nominative), ihmistä (partitive).

In possession constructions, ranges of meaning include "a person has" or more broadly "in a person’s (something)". For example, "Ihmisellä on kaksi kättä" translates to "A person has two hands." The form is also used in descriptive or comparative statements about individuals, always tying the attribute to the subject as belonging to or present with the person.

Examples:

- Ihmisellä on kaksi kättä. — A person has two hands.

- Jokaisella ihmisellä on omat kokemuksensa. — Every person has their own experiences.

Notes:

- The adessive form is one of several cases used to express spatial and possessive relations in Finnish. The plural form silloin muutetaan appropriately (ihmisillä, etc.).

- The term is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone concept; its significance lies in how it marks possession or presence in relation to a person.

See also: Finnish grammar, adessive case, noun cases, possession construction with on.