Ulkoisille

Ulkoisille is a Finnish inflected form used to express “to external parties” or “for external recipients” in the allative plural. It is not a standalone dictionary entry, but a grammatical form built from the adjective ulkoinen (external/foreign) or the plural noun phrase referring to external actors, and it appears when indicating direction or recipient in contexts involving multiple entities.

Etymology and form: The base ulkoinen/ulkoiset conveys external or foreign meaning, and the allative plural ending -ille marks “to/for.” In practical use, ulkoisille accompanies plural nouns representing organizations or groups, such as kumppaneille (partners), sidosryhmille (stakeholders), or toimittajille (suppliers). The combination yields phrases like ulkoisille kumppaneille or ulkoisille sidosryhmille, meaning “to external partners” or “for external stakeholders.”

Usage: Ulkoisille appears predominantly in formal, administrative, or technical language, including business correspondence, policy documents, and IT or legal texts. It functions as a target or recipient marker, aligning with the accompanying noun in number and case. Examples: “Ilmoitus on suunnattu ulkoisille sidosryhmille.” “Dokumentit toimitetaan ulkoisille kumppaneille.” The exact sense is determined by the noun it modifies.

Notes: Ulkoisille reflects Finnish’s case-based grammar, where adjectives and nouns agree in number and case. While the form is common in written Finnish, its use is most natural when the context clearly involves external parties or entities outside the immediate organization.