interpersoonallista

Interpersoonallista is the partitive singular form of the Finnish adjective interpersoonallinen, meaning interpersonal or between people. The term is a loanword from English interpersonal and is commonly used in Finnish in fields such as psykologia, sosiologia, viestintä ja kasvatustiede. It designates phenomena, skills, or relations that involve interactions between individuals, such as those between students, colleagues, or customers and staff. The concept covers both what is communicated and how it is communicated, as well as the quality of relationships—trust, empathy, cooperation.

In academic and professional usage, you will encounter phrases such as interpersonaalinen viestintä (interpersonal communication), interpersoonalliset taidot (interpersonal skills), and interpersoonalliset suhteet (interpersonal relationships). The form interpersoonallista is the partitive case, used with a head noun in partitive: interpersoonallista viestintää, interpersoonallisia suhteita.

Grammatically, interpersoonallinen follows standard Finnish adjective declension; the base form ends with -inen and the partitive form changes to -ista. Depending on context and register, speakers may opt for more natural Finnish alternatives such as ihmisten välinen or sosiaaliset taidot, especially in everyday speech rather than in formal writing.

Interpersoonallinen discourse and research focus on how people perceive, interpret, and respond to others in social contexts. It is often contrasted with intrapersonal processes (within one person) and with broader organizational or mass communication phenomena that involve larger groups or systems.