Suomenkieleen

Suomenkieleen is the illative form of the Finnish noun phrase suomal kieli, meaning the Finnish language. In Finnish grammar, illative expresses movement toward or into a destination. When written as two words, the form is suomen kieleen, with suomen in the genitive form modifying kieli and the whole phrase inflected to the illative. The closed form suomenkieleen can appear in some texts, but standard writing typically uses two words.

Uses and meaning: Illative forms like suomen kieleen are used in contexts such as translation, localization, and linguistic description of target languages. They indicate a direction toward the Finnish language. For example, a translation sentence can be read as “Käännös tästä artikkelistä on tehty suomen kieleen,” meaning “The translation of this article has been made into Finnish.” The choice of two words or a closed compound depends on typographic style, but both convey the same core meaning of “into Finnish.”

Origin and notes: Suomi is the name of the country and language; suomen is its genitive form used as a modifier, and kieli means language. The combination suomen kieli refers to the Finnish language, and in practice is written as two words in everyday and formal Finnish. In technical or highly compact texts, a closed form may occur, but two-word usage remains the norm for clarity and standard orthography.