näiltä

Näiltä is the elative plural form of the Finnish demonstrative pronoun nämä, meaning "these." It is used to indicate origin or source, roughly translating to "from these" or "out of these" in English. In Finnish, demonstratives decline for number and case, so näiltä appears when referring to a group of items in the elative sense. The construction is common in noun phrases such as Näiltä sivuilta (from these pages) or Näiltä alueilta (from these areas).

Usage and function:

- Näiltä modifies a following noun phrase that is typically in the elative case, signaling where information, material, or emphasis comes from.

- It can stand as part of a longer phrase within sentences that describe source or origin, especially in written and spoken Finnish that discusses multiple items or sources.

Examples:

- Näiltä sivuilta löytyy lisätietoja. (From these pages you can find more information.)

- Näiltä lähteiltä on kerätty dataa. (Data has been collected from these sources.)

Notes:

- Näiltä is distinct from other demonstrative-elative forms like näiltä, näiltä käyttötarkoituksineen, and from forms such as näillä (on these) or näihin (into these), which express different relations (location, direction) rather than origin.

- The use of näiltä is flexible in context and relies on the surrounding noun phrase to convey the exact reference.

See also:

- Finnish grammar, demonstrative pronouns, case systems.