Kääntäjällä

Kääntäjällä is the adessive singular form of the Finnish noun kääntäjä, meaning translator or interpreter. In Finnish, the adessive case (-lla/-llä) commonly marks location, possession, or the instrument in clauses with certain verbs, and kääntäjällä functions accordingly in sentences. The form also appears in phrases indicating a translator’s role, responsibilities, or presence in a context.

Usage notes:

- Possession or association: Kääntäjällä on keskeinen rooli—The translator has a central role.

- Location: Kirja on kääntäjällä työpöydällä in a broader sense, meaning the translator’s desk or workspace.

- Indirect reference, or source/agent in certain constructions: Käännös peräsi kääntäjältä (the translation originates from the translator).

Morphology and related forms:

- Nominative: kääntäjä

- Genitive: kääntäjän (the translator’s)

- Partitive: kääntäjää

- Adessive (singular): kääntäjällä (on/at/with the translator)

- Allative (singular): kääntäjälle (to the translator)

- Elative (singular): kääntäjältä (from the translator)

- Adessive (plural): kääntäjillä (on/at/with the translators)

These forms enable precise grammatical connections in Finnish sentences, depending on what is being expressed.

See also:

- kääntäjä (translator)

- käännös (translation)

- Finnish case system

In summary, kääntäjällä is a standard inflected form used to attach meaning related to location, possession, or association with a translator within Finnish syntax. It does not represent a separate concept beyond its grammatical function.