Odotetuille

Odotetuille is a Finnish inflected form that appears in discussions of Finnish grammar. It is the plural allative form of the adjective odotettu, which means “expected.” In Finnish, adjectives and nouns agree in number and case, so odotetuille is used when referring to multiple recipients in the allative case, that is, to/imparting toward or for those recipients.

Morphology and meaning

- Base word: odotettu (meaning “expected”).

- Form: odotetuille is the plural allative form, used with plural nouns in the allative case.

- Singular counterpart: odotetulle (singular allative), used with a singular recipient.

- Typical function: serves as a determiner describing who the action or message is directed toward or intended for in formal or literary contexts.

Usage and examples

- Palkinnot odotetuille voittajille. (Awards for the expected winners.)

- Kirje odotetuille vanhemmille. (A letter to the expected parents.)

In practice, odotetuille is most commonly encountered in written or formal Finnish, including literary or descriptive passages, rather than in everyday speech.

Etymology

- Derived from odottaa (to wait), via the past participle odotettu, with standard Finnish case and number inflections. The -lle ending marks the allative case, here in the plural form.

See also

- Finnish grammar

- Odottaa

- Odotettu

- Allative case in Finnish

Notes

- Odotetuille is a grammatical form rather than a widely used independent lexical item. Its relevance is primarily in the analysis of sentence structure and agreement in Finnish.

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