odotuksiin

Odotuksiin is the illative plural form of the Finnish noun odotus, meaning into the expectations or to the expectations. The base odotus denotes anticipation or belief about something that is expected to happen. The illative plural odotuksiin is used when the expectations are being treated as a destination or reference point, often with verbs that govern the illative case such as vastata (to meet) or täyttyä (to be fulfilled).

In addition to its literal sense of future anticipation, odotus can refer to a social or collective expectation, for example public or organizational expectations. A common phrase is odotuksiin nähden, meaning in comparison with or relative to those expectations.

Usage notes:

- Tulos vastasi odotuksiin. (The result met the expectations.)

- Odotuksiin nähden hankkeen tulokset olivat myönteisiä. (Compared to expectations, the project’s results were positive.)

- Odotus voi also be used with phrases like odotukset korkeiksi or alhaisiksi to describe the level of expectation in general discourse.

Related terms:

- odotus (singular), odotukset (plural nominative)

- odottaa (to expect), odotusarvo (expectation value, in statistics), odotusaika (waiting period)

Origin:

- Derived from the verb odottaa with the abstract noun suffix -us; cognate forms exist in related Finnic languages, such as Estonian oot- from ootuse.

Overall, odotuksiin functions primarily as a case-marked form used to express the target or reference point of expectations within Finnish syntax.