Suomenkielisellä

Suomenkielisellä is the adessive singular form of the Finnish adjective suomenkielinen, which means Finnish-speaking or Finnish-language. The term describes a noun in a context related to the Finnish language or to Finnish-speaking communities. The base form in nominative is suomenkielinen, while suomenkielisellä is used when the noun it modifies is in the adessive case, often indicating location or the manner of a service or thing.

In usage, suomenkielinen and its inflected forms are common for designating language of content, communication, or community. For example, suomenkielisellä alueella means “in the Finnish-speaking area,” and ohje on suomenkielinen versio means “the Finnish-language version of the instruction." The term can describe people (a Finnish-speaking person) or objects and services that are in Finnish, such as suomenkielinen käyttöliittymä (Finnish-language user interface) or suomenkieliset palvelut (Finnish-language services).

Grammatically, suomenkielinen is an -inen adjective formed from Suomeni language-related root and the suffix -inen. Adjectives agree with the noun in number and case, so the forms change to suomenkielinen (nominative), suomenkielisen (genitive), suomenkieliselle (allative), suomenkielisellä (adessive), and so on, with corresponding plural forms such as suomenkieliset and suomenkielisillä.

Etymology and related terms: the compound combines Suomi (Finland or Finnish) with kieli (language) and the suffix -inen to form a Finnish-language descriptor. It is commonly contrasted with ruotsinkielinen (Swedish-speaking) and englanninkielinen (English-speaking).