portaaliin

Portaaliin is a Finnish illative form of the noun portaali, meaning a portal or gateway. In Finnish, illative forms express movement into or toward something, so portaaliin is used to say “into the portal” or “to the portal.” It can refer to a physical doorway as well as a figurative entry point, such as a web portal.

Etymology and usage: portaaliin is derived from portaali, a loanword used in Finnish for portal. The form portaaliin adds the illative suffix -in to the stem portaali, following ordinary Finnish inflection patterns for words ending with -i. The word is common in daily language, especially in discussions of doors, gates, or digital interfaces.

Grammatical forms: The base noun portaali declines in the usual Finnish pattern. Singular: nominative portaali, genitive portaalin, partitive portaalia, illative portaaliin. Plural: nominative portaalit, genitive portaalejen, partitive portaaleja, illative portaaleihin. The illative plural portaaleihin specifically denotes movement into multiple portals.

Examples and contexts: Portaaliin is used with verbs of movement or access, such as “Hän meni portaaliin” (He went into the portal) or “Kirjauduportaaliin” though the latter is more naturally phrased as “kirjaudu portaaliin” (log in to the portal). In digital contexts, discussions of a “web portal” often use portaaliin to describe actions directed toward the portal.

See also: Finnish illative case, portaali, portal (in Finnish language usage).