adverbiaalipaikallisia

Adverbiaalipaikallisia is a Finnish grammar term referring to adverbials of place. The plural form indicates multiple expressions that modify a verb or clause by indicating location, location of an event, or direction toward a place. They are a subset of adverbials and are used to convey where something happens or where someone or something is situated.

They can appear as simple adverbs of place, such as täällä (here), siellä (there), or tuolla (over there), or as noun phrases in locative forms, such as kaupungissa (in the city), kotona (at home), puistossa (in the park). They also include directional or movement-oriented forms like kotiin (to home), tänne (here, toward here), tuonne (toward there). In Finnish, locative meaning is often expressed through case endings rather than separate prepositions.

The main function of adverbiaalipaikallisia is to answer questions about location: missä? (where?), minne? (where to?), or mistä? (where from? in some contexts). Their position in a sentence is relatively flexible; they can appear before or after the verb, and longer locative phrases commonly follow the verb, especially in more formal or emphatic constructions.

Examples:

- Hän asui kaupungissa. (She lived in the city.)

- Luen sanomalehden täällä. (I am reading the newspaper here.)

- Lähden kotiin. (I am going home.)

- Kävelen puistossa. (I walk in the park.)

Adverbiaalipaikallisia are contrasted with adverbials of time and manner, which express when something happens or how it is done. Together, they contribute to the circumstantial detail of Finnish clauses.