Vastaanottajaan

Vastaanottajaan is a Finnish illative singular form of the noun vastaanottaja, meaning recipient or addressee. The base word vastaanottaja refers to a person or entity that receives something, such as a letter, package, or information. The illative case marks movement toward or into a destination, so vastaanottajaan translates roughly as “to the recipient” or “into the recipient.”

Formation and grammar: The form is built from vastaanottaja plus the illative suffix -jaan, resulting in vastaanottajaan. The illative in Finnish is used to indicate direction or target of an action, often in contexts involving movement toward a place or person. The illative singular is distinct from other cases of the noun, such as the nominative vastaanottaja, genitive vastaanottajan, or the allative vastaanottajalle, which is more commonly used to indicate “to the recipient” in everyday language.

Usage notes: In everyday Finnish, the allative form vastaanottajalle is typically preferred to express messages directed to the recipient. Illative forms like vastaanottajaan appear in more specialized or formal contexts, or in constructions emphasizing movement toward the recipient as a destination within a process.

Examples:

- Tiedote toimitettiin vastaanottajaan.

- Sähköpostin liite lähetettiin vastaanottajaan.

Related terms:

- vastaanottaja (recipient, addressee)

- illatiivi (illative case)

- vastaanottajalle (to the recipient)

See also: Finnish grammar, case system, noun formation.