Vakituisille

Vakituisille is a Finnish grammatical form that means “to permanent residents.” It is the allative plural form of the adjective vakituinen, used to indicate the target group or recipients of a policy, service, or communication. In practice, vakituisille functions as a modifier signaling who is considered the beneficiaries or audience in a sentence or phrase.

Morphology and usage context: In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. When the intended recipients are plural and in the allative case, the adjective takes the ending -ille, yielding vakituisille. The noun that follows is typically in the allative as well (for example asukkaat, asiakkaat), or the noun may be implied by context. A common construction is vakituisille asukkaille suunnattu palvelu, meaning a service directed at permanent residents. The form is common in official, administrative, and policy texts.

Typical contexts: Vakitusille is used to specify target groups in government programs, municipal notices, housing or social services, and communications that aim to reach a particular audience. It contrasts with other target-group phrases such as tilapäisille (to temporary residents) or muille (to others). The wording tends to be formal and policy-oriented, reflecting its frequent occurrence in bureaucratic documentation.

Examples of use:

- Hanke on suunnattu vakituisille asukkaille.

- Tämä palvelu on saatavilla vakituisille asukkaille ja kiinteistön omistajille.

See also: tilapäisille, kohderyhmä, allatiivi (Finnish grammar).