Sellaisissa

Sellaisissa is a Finnish inflected form of the demonstrative determiner sellainen, meaning "such" or "that kind of." It is the inessive plural form, used with plural nouns to express "in such [things/conditions]." In sentences it typically accompanies a plural noun, as in sellaisissa tilanteissa ("in such situations") or sellaisissa olosuhteissa ("in such conditions").

Morphology and usage are straightforward for learners of Finnish. The base is sellainen, which marks a kind or type. When combined with different cases and numbers, it yields forms such as sellaiset (nominative plural), sellaisia (partitive plural), and sellaisissa (inessive plural). The form sellaisissa specifically signals location or state within a plural context. Because Finnish adjectives agree with the nouns they modify, sellaisissa occurs naturally with plural nouns like tilanteissa, olosuhteissa, and ympäristöissä.

In practical use, sellaisissa is common in both spoken and written Finnish. It introduces or refers to general conditions or examples, often in conditional or comparative contexts. For example, "Sellaisissa tilanteissa on tärkeää pysyä rauhallisena" translates to "In such situations, it is important to stay calm," and "Hän menestyi sellaisissa ympäristöissä" means "She thrived in such environments." The word functions as a determiner and can stand in for "such" in broader statements about general circumstances.

See also: Finnish demonstratives, sellainen, inessive case, Finnish grammar.