Kansioon

Kansioon is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun kansio, meaning into the folder or into the archive. The base kansio refers to a physical folder or binder as well as a digital directory or directory-like container in information systems.

In Finnish, kansio denotes a container that holds papers or files. Kansioon is used to express movement or placement into that container, for example when giving directions or instructions: Tallenna tiedosto kansioon, or Siirrä kuvat kansioon Projekti. The word is commonly used in both everyday language and technical writing.

In computing and digital contexts, kansio translates to folder or directory in file systems. User interfaces in Finnish typically refer to folders as kansiot, with operations such as creating a new kansio, opening kansio, or siirtää tiedosto kansioon. The illative kansioon is frequently encountered in instructions that specify the destination for saving, copying, or moving data.

Grammatically, kansio is a neuter noun. Its illative form kansioon indicates direction toward or into a location. Other case forms include kansion (genitive), kansiota (partitive), and kansioita (plural partitive). The plural nominative is kansiot, with corresponding plural inflections used in sentences describing multiple folders.

See also: kansio, tiedosto, hakemisto.