Työkaluihin

Työkaluihin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun työkalu, meaning tool. It translates roughly as “to the tools” or “into the tools” and is used to express movement toward or into a group of tools rather than a single tool. In Finnish grammar, illative case marks direction toward a destination, and the plural form is used when the destination consists of multiple items.

Morphology and usage: The form työkalu becomes työkalu in its base, and the illative plural yields työkaluihin. The construction is common in everyday Finnish, particularly in contexts such as workshops, construction, repair, and other situations involving multiple tools. It frequently appears with verbs of motion or action toward a toolset, for example when describing placing tools somewhere, retrieving them, or assembling a toolkit.

Context: Työkaluihin functions as a grammatical case form rather than a standalone noun. To refer to tools as a concept, one would typically use the base noun työkalu or related terms like työkalukokoelma (tool collection) or työkalupakki (toolbox).

See also: Työkalu, työkalupakki, työkalusarja, Finnish grammar, illatiivinen (illative) case.