Sateisiin

Sateisiin is a Finnish noun form meaning into the rains. It is the illative plural form of the noun sade, which means rain or rainfall. The form is built from the plural noun sateet (rains) plus the illative plural suffix -iin, yielding sateisiin, literally “into the rains.” In Finnis h, the illative case marks movement toward or into something, so sateisiin conveys entering or going into rain rather than simply being in rain.

Usage and nuance: Sateisiin is used mainly in literary, descriptive, or poetic contexts. It can describe a person or object moving into rainfall, as in running into the rain. Because it emphasizes movement toward rain, the expression is more common in prose and poetry than in ordinary everyday speech, where speakers might opt for phrases such as into the rain (sateeseen) in singular form, or more general references to rain.

Examples: Hän juoksi sateisiin ja kastui pian. (He ran into the rain and soon got wet.) Puhelin jäi sateisiin ja vahingoittui. (The phone was left in the rain and was damaged.) These illustrate entering rain or rain-related exposure, rather than merely being outdoors during rain.

Related forms include sade (rain) and sadepäivä (rainy day). The term sateseer or other proper nouns are not standard equivalents; sateisiin remains a grammatical inflected form rather than a standalone lexical item.