asemalla

Asemalla is a Finnish noun form meaning “at the station.” It is formed from the noun asemā (station) plus the adessive suffix -lla, which signals location on or at a place. In Finnish, adessive cases like -lla/-llä are used to indicate where something is located.

Asemalla is commonly used to describe where a person or object is located in the present context, for example in travel or daily-life conversations. Related forms include asemalle, which means “to the station,” and asemalta, which means “from the station.” These variants reflect different directions or movements relative to the station, which is a frequent subject in transportation discourse, signage, and schedules.

In use, typical sentences include Olen asemalla (“I’m at the station”) and Menen asemalle muuttamaan junan aikataulua koskevia asioita or simpler, Menen asemalle (“I’m going to the station”). The term appears in travel instructions, railway announcements, and timetable notes, where precise location statements help listeners or readers understand where activities occur or where to go.

Linguistically, asemalla illustrates Finnish spatial grammar through the adessive suffix, contrasting with asemalle for destinations and asemalta for points of origin. While not a proper noun, asemalla functions as a standard locational expression used across formal and informal Finnish.