Ihmisiin

Ihmisiin is a Finnish inflected form of the noun ihminen (human, person). It represents the illative plural, a grammatical case used to indicate movement toward or into a group or realm of people. As a form, it does not carry independent lexical meaning beyond its grammatical function.

Formation and form: The illative plural is built on the plural nominative stem ihmiset. The suffix -iin attaches to this stem, producing ihmisiin. This follows Finnish vowel harmony rules, with the common illative plural ending -iin used after front vowels. The related singular illative form is ihmiseen, used when referring to movement toward or into a single person.

Usage and context: Ihmisiin appears in sentences where the illative case governs the destination or direction toward multiple people. It is typically encountered in descriptive, explanatory, or narrative texts that discuss interactions with groups of people or entering a social context. In everyday speech, the illative plural is used as appropriate to the sentence’s meaning and may be accompanied by verbs or prepositions that express motion or relation to people.

Related forms and contrasts: The base noun has other cases and numbers, such as ihmisen (genitive singular), ihmisiä (partitive plural), and ihminen (nominative singular). The plural illative form ihmisiin contrasts with the singular illative ihmiseen and with other plural cases like ihmiset (nominative plural) or ihmisiin in different grammatical roles.

See also: Finnish illative, Finnish grammar, Ihminen.