Tehtäville

Tehtäville is a Finnish grammatical form derived from the noun tehtävä, meaning task or assignment. It is the plural allative form, used to indicate direction toward or purpose related to several tasks. In practice, it appears in phrases where tasks are the recipients or beneficiaries of an action.

In everyday language, tehtäville commonly occurs as part of noun phrases rather than as a stand-alone word. For example, tehtäville asetetut tavoitteet refers to goals set for the tasks, and tehtäville määrätyt tehtävät refers to tasks assigned to the tasks. The form thus marks that something is intended for or related to multiple tasks.

In modern usage, tehtäville also appears as a heading in digital interfaces and organizational contexts, where it is translated as “Tasks” or “To Do.” As a heading, it designates a list of tasks that require attention, completion, or tracking.

Linguistic note: Finnish is highly inflected, and tehtäville is not a separate lexical item but a specific case form of tehtävä. Its meaning depends on context and accompanying verbs or prepositions that govern the allative case. When translating or interpreting tehtäville, one should consider whether the sense is “to the tasks” or “for the tasks.”

See also: Finnish grammar, allative case.