Palkkoihin

Palkkoihin is the illative plural form of palkka, the Finnish word for salary or wage. The form is used when referring to salaries as a destination, target of an action, or the entity that is affected in a statement about wages.

In sentences, palkkoihin typically follows verbs or expressions that imply influence, movement, or relation to wages. For example: “Sopimuksen ehdot vaikuttavat palkkoihin tulevina vuosina,” meaning that the terms of an agreement affect salaries in the coming years, and “Inflaatio vaikuttaa palkkoihin eri tavoin,” meaning inflation affects wages in different ways.

The illative case, as seen in palkkoihin, signals direction into or onto salaries, or the result of an action on salaries. It is commonly used in contexts such as wage policy, collective bargaining, budgeting, and discussions of the labor market.

Related terms include palkka (singular), palkat (plural), palkankorotus (salary increase), palkkataso (wage level), and palkkalisä (pay supplements). These words appear in similar discussions about employee compensation and wage development.

Notes and usage: palkkoihin is part of standard Finnish noun inflection and is most often found in formal or semi-formal writing and speech about wages, labor economics, and negotiations. It contrasts with other cases of palkka, such as palkat (nominative plural) or palkkoja (partitive plural), which serve different grammatical and syntactic functions.