kollegoihinsa

Kollegoihinsa is a Finnish noun phrase meaning “to his/her colleagues.” It is used to indicate the recipient or target of an action, specifically referring to a person’s colleagues as a group.

Morphology and form are characteristic of Finnish inflection. The base kollega means “colleague,” and kollegoihinsa forms part of the inflected expression that marks direction toward a plural group possessed by a third person. The phrase is a standard part of Finnish grammar and can appear in both written and spoken Finnish.

Usage and nuance: kollegoihinsa is a neutral, commonly used construction in everyday and professional language. It can refer to a person’s own colleagues or, in broader contexts, to colleagues in a workplace or professional circle. In sentences, it typically functions as the indirect object or target of an action, such as sending, addressing, or referring to materials or messages.

Examples:

- Hän lähetti raportin kollegoihinsa. (He sent the report to his colleagues.)

- Hän kirjoitti ohjeet kollegoihinsa. (She wrote the instructions to her colleagues.)

Notes: The phrase illustrates how Finnish expresses direction toward a group of people through inflection rather than a separate preposition. It sits comfortably in formal and informal registers and demonstrates the interaction of noun, possessive, and case-like endings in Finnish syntax.

See also: Finnish grammar, allative and possessive inflections, kollega.