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miehillä

Miehillä is the adessive plural form of the Finnish noun mies (man). In Finnish grammar, it marks possession or association for a group and is used with verbs such as on to express that something belongs to or is possessed by the men. It functions as a grammatical form rather than an independent lexical item.

Formation and meaning: The word is formed from the singular noun mies plus the adessive plural suffix

Usage: Miehillä is frequently used in everyday Finnish to denote possession by a group of men. Examples

- Miehillä on auto. (The men have a car.)

- Miehillä on paljon töitä. (The men have a lot of work.)

- Miehillä on kiire. (The men are in a hurry.)

In these phrases, miehillä marks the group of owners, while the possessed noun remains in the nominative

Notes: Miehillä does not convey meaning by itself beyond indicating the possessor or association. Its primary

See also: Finnish noun inflection, adessive case, possessive constructions in Finnish.

-illä.
In
sentences,
miehillä
identifies
the
possessor
as
“the
men”
or
“the
men’s,”
and
the
possessed
item
appears
in
the
nominative
(for
example,
auto).
The
common
construction
is
X:
on
Y,
where
X
is
miehillä
and
Y
is
the
thing
possessed.
include:
form.
function
is
grammatical,
linking
the
plural
group
of
men
to
something
they
own
or
relate
to.
It
is
used
in
standard
Finnish
and
appears
in
both
spoken
and
written
language.