Veneistä

Veneistä is a Finnish grammatical form meaning “from the boats.” It is the elative plural form of the noun vene (boat) and is used to express origin or source when referring to multiple boats. In English, it corresponds to phrases like “from the boats” or “out of the boats.”

Morphology and usage notes: Veneistä is formed by adding the elative plural suffix -stä to the stem vene-. The elative case answers questions about origin or source in plural contexts, for example “Where do these objects come from?” or “From which group?” Veneistä contrasts with veneestä (from a boat) in the singular, and with veneiden (of boats) in the genitive plural, which denotes possession rather than origin.

Common contexts: Veneistä is frequently used in maritime, archaeological, salvage, and environmental descriptions to indicate that something originates from or is derived from boats or ships. It can also appear in narrative or descriptive text to specify provenance.

Examples:

- Nämä näytteet ovat veneistä peräisin. (These samples originate from boats.)

- Veneistä löytyi vanhoja esineitä. (Old objects were found from the boats.)

- Tutkimukset keskittyivät veneistä peräisin oleviin tarinoihin. (The studies focused on stories originating from boats.)

See also: The related forms veneet (nominative plural), veneiden (genitive plural), and veneestä/veneestä peräisin olevat constructions illustrate how Finnish marks origin and possession across numbers and cases.

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