Llesuffiksin

Llesuffiksin refers to the allative suffix in Finnish grammar, typically realized as the form -lle. It marks direction toward a destination or recipient and attaches to noun stems and pronouns, as well as to certain proper names. The suffix signals movement toward or toward someone or something, rather than into or onto it.

Usage and examples: The allative -lle is used with places and with pronouns to indicate destination or recipients. Examples include talolle (to the house), koululle (to school), pihalle (to the yard). With personal pronouns it forms forms such as minulle (to me), sinulle (to you), hänelle (to him/her), meille (to us), teille (to you all), heille (to them). It often accompanies verbs of motion or transfer, as in Menen koululle (I’m going to school) or Anns sen hänelle (I’m giving it to him/her).

Form and behavior: The suffix -lle generally has a single form that does not change for gender or number. It interacts with vowel harmony in Finnish phonology in predictable ways, but the surface form remains -lle. It can attach to ordinary nouns as well as to certain pronoun bases and proper names.

Relation to other cases: Llesuffiksin is part of the Finnish case system. It is distinct from the illative or inessive forms, which mark different spatial relations. The allative conveys destination or recipient, whereas illative indicates movement into a space and inessive denotes being inside a space. In usage, -lle often complements verbs of motion, giving a sense of direction toward a target.

See also: Finnish grammar, allative case, suffiksi.