Inessiivimuototäten

Inessiivimuototäten as written does not appear as a standard term in Finnish grammar. The article below treats the inessiivimuoto, the inessive case in Finnish, which is the form used to express location inside something and is a basic part of Finnish noun inflection.

The inessiivimuoto (inessive form) is used to indicate that something is located inside another object or space. It answers questions like where is X? and is typically translated as in or inside. It is one of the locative cases in Finnish and is commonly used with static rather than directional meaning.

Formation and examples: The inessive is formed with the suffix -ssa or -ssä, chosen by vowel harmony. If the stem ends in a back vowel or a consonant, the suffix is -ssa; if the stem ends in a front vowel, the suffix is -ssä. Examples: talo (house) becomes talossa (in the house); vesi (water) becomes vedessä (in the water); kirja (book) becomes kirjassa (in the book); kaupunki (city) becomes kaupungissa (in the city). For plural forms, the inessive uses the same -issa/-issä suffix on the plural stem: koira (dog) → koirassa (in the dog), koirat (dogs) → koirissa (in the dogs); talo/a (houses) → taloissa (in the houses).

Usage notes: The inessiivis is used for static location, not for movement toward something. It often follows verbs or prepositional phrases that describe location, as in Olen talossa (I am in the house).

In summary, the inessiivimuoto is the suffix-based form -ssa/-ssä applied to noun stems to express “in” or “inside,” with vowel harmony guiding the exact ending and with plural forms following the same pattern.