Näillä

Näillä is a Finnish demonstrative form used to refer to multiple items that are near the speaker. It is the adessive plural form of the demonstrative pronoun nämä (these) and is used both as a determiner and as a case-marked pronoun in Finnish grammar. As a determiner, näillä marks nouns in the adessive case to express meaning such as “on these” or “with these.” In practice, it is common in phrases that indicate means, instruments, or methods.

Common uses include:

- Instrument or means: Näillä kynillä voi kirjoittaa. With these pens you can write.

- Means or methods: Näillä keinoilla voidaan ratkaista ongelma. By these means we can solve the problem.

Notes:

- Näillä is used with plural nouns; the corresponding singular form is tällä (this with).

- It often appears in sentences where the subject or the owner is described in relation to the items referred to by näillä, especially in comparative or explanatory contexts.

- In everyday speech, näillä is especially common in written Finnish and in formal or careful spoken Finnish, but it also occurs in casual conversation when referring to multiple items near the speaker.

Etymology:

- The form derives from the stem of the demonstrative group tämä/nämä and the adessive plural suffix -llä, used to indicate location or means.

See also:

- Finnish grammar

- Demonstratives in Finnish

- Adessive case