Poliisiin

Poliisiin is the illative singular form of the Finnish noun poliisi, meaning the police. In Finnish grammar, the illative case is used to express motion toward or into something, so poliisiin translates to “to the police” or “into the police (station).” The base form of the word is poliisi, with poliisit in the plural.

The word is commonly used when describing actions directed at the police or a police station. For example, Hän meni poliisiin tekemään ilmoituksen means “He went to the police to file a report,” and Mene poliisiin means “Go to the police.” As with many Finnish nouns, poliisiin appears in various contexts such as reporting a crime, seeking help, or presenting oneself to law enforcement.

Origin and form: poliisi is a loanword in Finnish, borrowed from related Scandinavian or European terms for police. The illative form poliisiin is formed according to Finnish inflection patterns, attaching the illative ending to the noun in its appropriate stem form. In contrast, other cases of the same noun would include poliisille (to the police, with the allative) and poliisiksi (as police, in the essive), among others.

In usage, poliisiin is distinct from related forms that indicate different relationships with the police, such as poliisille (to the police, as the recipient of an action) or poliisi itself (the police, in nominative). Overall, poliisiin is a standard Finnish case form used to express movement toward the police within everyday language and formal contexts.