Puistoihin

Puistoihin is the plural illative form of the Finnish noun puisto, meaning park. It is used to express movement toward parks or destination toward multiple parks. In Finnish, the illative case marks direction into or toward a place, and the plural form puistoihin indicates several parks or parks in general rather than a single park.

Morphology and usage: The base stem puisto combines with the plural illative suffix -ihin to form puistoihin. The singular illative form is puistoon (to the park). This form is commonly used with verbs of motion or intention, such as mennä (to go) or olla menossa (to be on the way). Other related forms include puistoissa (in the parks) and puistojen (of the parks), which illustrate how case endings convey different spatial relations.

Examples of usage: Mennään puistoihin. (Let's go to the parks.) Olen menossa puistoihin tänään. (I am going to the parks today.) Puistoihin viittaavat ilmaisut ovat yleisiä esimerkiksi kaupunkisuunnittelun, tapahtumien ja päivittäisen liikkumisen yhteydessä.

Linguistic notes: Puistoihin reflects Finnish vowel harmony and the system of locative cases used to indicate location, destination, and movement. It contrasts with puistoissa (in the parks) and puistoon (to the park, singular), illustrating how Finnish distinguishes singular and plural destinations as well as different spatial relations.