Sosiaalisille

Sosiaalisille is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the adjective sosiaalinen, meaning "social." It is the allative plural form, used when the adjective modifies a plural noun in the allative case. In Finnish, the allative marks the target, recipient, or beneficiary of an action, roughly corresponding to "to" or "for" in English in phrases describing who benefits or is addressed.

As an inflected form, sosiaalisille always accompanies a following noun in the allative plural; standing alone it is not a complete word. The typical structure is sosiaalisille + noun in plural (for example, sosiaalisille ihmisille, sosiaalisille verkostoille).

Examples include:

Tiedot on suunnattu sosiaalisille ihmisille. (The information is targeted at social people.)

Ohjeet on tarkoitettu sosiaalisille verkostoille. (The instructions are intended for social networks.)

Rahoitus on suunnattu sosiaalisille palveluille. (Funding is directed to social services.)

In everyday Finnish, sosiaalisille is most often found in formal or written contexts, such as policy texts, program descriptions, or legal documents, where it marks the recipients or beneficiaries of actions described in the sentence. It is not a standalone noun; it functions as an inflected adjective form that requires a noun to modify. Related forms include sosiaalinen (singular), sosiaaliset (plural nominative), and other case endings of sosiaalinen as part of broader noun–adjective agreement.