taloilla

Taloilla is the plural adessive form of the Finnish noun talo, meaning "houses." In Finnish, the adessive case marks location on or at a place, and the plural form taloilla thus translates to “on/at the houses.” The form is built from the noun stem talo- combined with the plural adessive suffix -illa. The corresponding singular adessive is talolla (on/at the house).

Usage and meaning. Taloilla is used to indicate that an action or state occurs at multiple buildings or locations collectively understood as houses. It is commonly found in descriptions of places, events, or objects that are located at several neighboring buildings rather than at a single structure. The form is typically used with verbs of location or existence, such as olla (to be), sijaita (to lie/situate), or löytyä (to be found).

Related forms. Finnish expresses similar location with other cases: talossa (in the house, singular), talon (genitive singular, “of the house”), talojen (genitive plural, “of the houses”), talolla (on/at the house, singular), and taloille (to the houses). These forms reflect the interplay of number (singular vs. plural) and case (location, direction, or possession).

Contexts and notes. Taloilla is most natural when the reference includes more than one building, such as a village, campus, or cluster of residences. As with other Finnish location cases, the exact interpretation depends on the surrounding verbs and nouns.

See also. Finnish grammar, adessive case, noun declension, location expressions.