huonoilla

Huonoilla is the adessive plural form of the Finnish adjective huono, used to describe plural nouns in the adessive case and to express a manner, condition, or circumstance that is deemed bad. In Finnish, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify, so huono becomes huonoilla when the noun is plural and in the adessive case (for example, tavoilla, keleillä).

Common uses include phrases that denote the way something is done or the conditions in which something occurs. For instance, huonoilla tavoilla means “in bad ways,” and huonoilla keleillä means “in bad weather.” The construction is typical in both everyday speech and written Finnish, especially when contrasting acceptable and unacceptable methods or conditions.

Grammatical notes: The adessive case (ending in -lla/-llä) is used to indicate location, manner, or state associated with the noun. When the noun is plural, the adjective takes the corresponding plural adessive form, resulting in huonoilla. The phrase generally requires a following noun in adessive, and the meaning is contextual: it points to the quality of the methods, conditions, or circumstances described.

Usage considerations: Huonoilla tends to carry a negative evaluation, highlighting suboptimal or improper aspects rather than neutral descriptors. It can be combined with various plural nouns to discuss manners, means, conditions, or environments that are unfavorable.

See also: Finnish grammar, adjectives, adessive case.