Videoille

Videoille is a Finnish inflected form of the noun video. It represents the allative plural form, used to indicate direction toward or the target of an action with respect to more than one video. In practice, videoille often translates to “to the videos,” “for the videos,” or “toward the videos,” depending on the verb and context.

Etymology and grammar

Video is a loanword from English and has been integrated into Finnish with the usual noun inflection patterns. The plural nominative form is videot, and the corresponding allative plural form is videoille. The allative suffix -lle signals direction toward a destination or the target domain of an activity, which in this case is multiple video items or a collective video category.

Usage and examples

Videoille is commonly found in phrases that describe targeting, publishing, distribution, or content intended for videos. Examples include: “Tämä ohjeistus on suunnattu videoille” (This set of instructions is aimed at videos) and “Sisältö on tarkoitettu videoille” (The content is intended for the videos). It can also appear in sentences about workflows or metadata assigned to multiple videos, such as “muotoilu on tehty videoille” (the styling is done for the videos).

Notes

As with other Finnish inflection, the precise meaning of videoille depends on the surrounding verb and construction. It is a standard grammatical form, not a separate semantic term, and it illustrates how Finnish encodes the target of an action for multiple items within a single noun phrase. See also Finnish grammar, allative case, video.