Kengillä

Kengillä is a Finnish grammatical form that functions as the adessive plural of the noun kengät (shoes). The corresponding singular form is kengällä, used with the singular kenkä. In Finnish, the adessive case marks location on or with something, so kengillä conveys meanings such as “on the shoes” or “with shoes,” depending on context.

Usage and meaning

Kengillä is commonly used to describe actions performed while wearing footwear or to indicate a situation involving shoes. In practical sentences it often translates to “with shoes on” or “in shoes.” The form is the plural counterpart to the singular kengällä, and it appears with verbs that express motion, possession, or state related to footwear.

Examples

- Hän tuli sisään kengillä. (He came in wearing shoes / with his shoes on.)

- Älä juokse kengillä sisällä. (Don’t run indoors with shoes on.)

Grammatical notes

Kengillä is one of several case forms of the word for shoe. It is formed from the plural noun kengät plus the adessive suffix -llä. The distinct singular adessive is kengällä. Other related forms include kengissä (in the shoes) and kengistä (from the shoes).

Relations

Kengillä relates to other Finnish terms for footwear and to grammatical cases. It contrasts with inessive forms like kengissä (in the shoes) and with the nominative kengät (shoes). Understanding kengillä helps in parsing sentences that describe wearing footwear or positioning objects in relation to shoes.

See also

Kenkä, kengät, adessive case, Finnish grammar.