Monikansallisiin

Monikansallisiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish adjective monikansallinen, meaning multinational. It is used to modify a plural noun in the illative case, indicating movement toward or involvement with multinational entities, markets, or contexts. In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the nouns they modify in number and case, and, in this sense, monikansallisiin marks a directional or experiential illative relationship for a plural noun.

The form appears in phrases such as monikansallisiin yrityksiin (into multinational companies), monikansallisiin markkinoihin (into multinational markets), or monikansallisiin hankkeisiin (into multinational projects). It commonly surfaces in discussions about globalization, international investment, corporate governance, or policy analysis, where attention is directed toward multinational actors or environments.

Grammatically, monikansallinen is the base form (nominative singular). Monikansalliset is the nominative plural. Other case forms include monikansallista, monikansallisia, etc. Monikansallisiin specifically denotes the illative plural, and is used where the noun phrase expresses direction into or involvement with the thing described by the adjective.

In practical use, monikansallisiin contrasts with other inflected forms such as monikansallinen (singular) or monikansallisia (partitive or other cases), highlighting how Finnish adjectives adapt to case and number to convey precise syntactic and semantic relationships. Common related terms include monikansalliset yhtiöt (multinational corporations) and monikansalliset toimijat (multinational actors).