Suomenkieliseltä

Suomenkieliseltä is the elative singular form of the Finnish adjective suomenkielinen, meaning “Finnish-speaking” or “Finnish-language.” The form is used when the modified noun is in the elative case, often to indicate source or origin, as in the phrase from which something is obtained or who provided something.

Morphology and use: In Finnish, adjectives decline to agree with the noun they modify in case and number. The elative singular form of suomenkielinen is suomenkieliseltä. It is typically placed before the noun, which itself takes the elative ending, for example suomenkieliseltä opettajalta, meaning “from a Finnish-speaking teacher.” This construction expresses origin or source, and can be found in formal writing or translations as well as in spoken language when precise sourcing is needed.

Examples: Suomenkieliseltä opettajalta saamani ohje oli selkeä. The instruction I received from a Finnish-speaking teacher was clear. Tiedot suomenkieliseltä käyttäjältä voivat helpottaa ymmärtämistä. Information from a Finnish-speaking user may help with understanding.

Relation to other forms: Suomenkielinen serves as the base form meaning “Finnish-speaking.” It has other case forms such as suomenkielistä (partitive), suomenkieliselle (allative), and so on. The elative form suomenkieliseltä contrasts with these other endings to express different grammatical relations between the adjective-noun phrase and the rest of the sentence.

In summary, suomenkieliseltä is a specific inflected form used to indicate origin or source when referring to a Finnish-speaking noun in the elative case.