eteisissä

Eteisissä is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun eteinen, which means entrance hall or foyer. In English, it can be understood as “in the hallways” or “in the foyers.” It is used in Finnish writing to indicate location within a building.

Usage and context: The form appears in architectural descriptions, event programs, guides, and news reports when describing where people, objects, or information are located inside larger spaces. Eteisissä answers the question where? in a plural sense, referring to multiple entrance areas or a building with several foyers.

Morphology: The base noun eteinen denotes an entrance area. In the plural inessive, it becomes eteisissä. The singular inessive form is eteisessä. This phrase is typically used with existential verbs such as sijaitsevat (are located) or ovat (are).

Examples: Näyttelyn opasteet sijaitsevat eteisissä. Tapahtuman tiedotteet ja ohjelmat löytyvät eteisissä. Kokoontuminen järjestetään eteisissä ennen pääsalin avaamista. These examples illustrate how eteisissä locates elements within multiple entry spaces in written descriptions.

See also: In Finnish grammar, related forms include eteisessä (singular inessive) and eteisen plural variations of other nouns referring to interior spaces. The term is primarily a grammatical and descriptive location marker rather than a standalone concept.