illatiivissastastä

Illatiivissastä is a grammatical case found in some agglutinative languages, particularly those in the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. It functions as a locative case, indicating movement into or within a location. The illative case typically expresses the concept of "into" or "in".

The formation of the illative case varies between languages. In Finnish, for instance, it is often marked by the suffix -Vn, where V represents a vowel that harmonizes with the preceding vowel of the noun stem. For example, "talo" (house) becomes "taloon" (into the house). In Estonian, the illative suffix is typically -sse or -sse, as in "maja" (house) becoming "majasse" (into the house). Other Finnic languages have their own unique markers for this case.

The illative case is distinct from other locative cases such as the inessive (indicating being inside) and the elative (indicating movement out of). Its primary role is to denote the destination of movement into a bounded space. Understanding the illative case is crucial for comprehending the spatial relationships and sentence structure in languages where it exists, as it provides a precise way to express ingress into a location.