Paikallisissa

Paikallisissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective paikallinen, meaning local. It is used to describe something that occurs within or relates to multiple local places, groups, or conditions, and it roughly translates to “in local [places/contexts].” In Finnish, the inessive case marks location inside something, and when an adjective modifies a plural noun in this case, the adjective takes the ending -issa/-issä. Thus, paikallisissa tiloissa means “in local facilities,” paikallisissa kouluissa means “in local schools,” and paikallisissa olosuhteissa means “in local conditions.”

Usage notes:

- paikallisissa commonly appears in descriptive writing, journalism, sociology, and public administration when discussing locality-specific phenomena, services, or issues.

- The exact meaning depends on the head noun it modifies; paikallisissa by itself does not specify a concrete sense without a following noun.

- It is a grammatical form rather than a standalone noun. A related but distinct word is paikalliset, which means “the locals” when used as a plural noun.

Examples:

- Paikallisissa tiloissa järjestettiin tapahtuma. (An event was organized in local facilities.)

- Paikallisissa kouluissa opetuksen laatu on parantunut. (In local schools, the quality of teaching has improved.)

- Paikallisissa olosuhteissa on totuttu erilaisiin sääilmiöihin. (In local conditions, people are accustomed to different weather phenomena.)

Note:

- Paikalliset (locals) is a different word and refers to the people of a locality, not to the locational form described here.