Tyypillisissä

Tyypillisissä is the inessive plural form of the Finnish adjective tyypillinen, meaning typical or characteristic. It is used to describe something that belongs to a group or category in a typical or normal sense, when the noun it modifies is plural and in the inessive case (the where-something is located or occurring in, translated as “in”). In other words, tyypillisissä selects a plural noun and places it in a location or situation context.

Morphology and usage: Finnish adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. The basic form is tyypillinen (singular nominative). In the singular inessive, it becomes tyypillisessä (in a typical one or in a typical situation). In the plural inessive, it becomes tyypillisissä (in typical ones or in typical situations). This form is commonly used with plural nouns in -issa/-issä case endings, such as tilanteissa (situations) or olosuhteissa (conditions).

Examples:

- Tyypillisessä tilanteessa ihmiset reagoivat varovaisesti. (In a typical situation, people react cautiously.)

- Tyypillisissä tilanteissa on nähtävissä kausia ja toistuvia malleja. (In typical situations, one can observe cycles and recurring patterns.)

Relation to related forms: Tyypillinen is the base adjective; tyypillisesti is an adverb meaning “typically.” Partitive and genitive forms of the noun being described may require different adjective inflections, for example tyypillisiä piirteitä (typical features, partitive plural) or tyypillisten piirtojen (genitive plural).

Etymology: Tyypillinen derives from tyypi, type, with the adjectival suffix -llinen, yielding “typical.” See also tyypillinen and tyypillisesti for related usage.