Jokapäiväisiin

Jokapäiväisiin is a Finnish adjective form that serves as the illative plural of jokapäiväinen, meaning everyday or daily. It is used to describe plural nouns in the illative case, indicating movement toward or into things that are daily or routinely encountered. The form reflects Finnish inflection where adjectives agree with the nouns they modify.

Etymology and form: The base is jokapäiväinen, derived from jokapäivä (every day) with the common adjective suffix -inen. When the modified noun is plural and in the illative case, the adjective itself takes the illative plural ending -iin, producing jokapäiväisiin. This mirrors the Finnish pattern where adjectives take parallel endings to the nouns they describe.

Usage: Jokapäiväisiin is typically found in more descriptive or formal Finnish, especially in writing or careful speech. It appears with plural nouns in illative, often conveying focus on tasks, routines, or activities that are daily or routine in nature. It does not by itself indicate frequency beyond the sense of “into daily” or “for daily.”

Examples:

- jokapäiväisiin tehtäviin meaning into daily tasks

- jokapäiväisiin rutiineihin meaning into daily routines

- hän keskittyy jokapäiväisiin tehtäviin meaning she focuses on daily tasks

Notes: The form is a specific grammatical inflection and may appear less in casual spoken language, where simpler phrasing might be used. In Finnish reference works, jokapäiväisiin is cited as the illative plural form of jokapäiväinen and as part of standard adjective-noun agreement in the illative case.

See also: Finnish adjectives, Finnish case system, illative case, everyday life in Finnish language.