talojen

Talojen is the genitive plural form of the Finnish noun talo, meaning house. It is used to express possession or association, translating roughly to “of the houses” or “the houses’” in English. In Finnish, genitive plural forms like talojen appear in noun phrases to indicate that the following noun belongs to or relates to the houses.

Morphology and usage context: The base word talo (house) has several inflected forms. In the genitive plural, talojen, it attaches to a noun in a way that links it to another element in the phrase, without an article. For example, talojen ikkunat means “the houses’ windows,” and talojen katto means “the roof of the houses” (when the following noun is singular). The form is used whenever multiple houses are the possessor or referent of another noun in a genitive relationship.

Examples and applications: Talojen ikkunat ovat suuria. The houses’ windows are large. Talojen rakennukset ovat vanhoja. The houses’ buildings are old. In descriptive writing, legal or property contexts, talojen as a possessive element helps specify attributes that belong to several houses rather than a single one.

Notes: Finnish uses no apostrophes for possessives; the genitive plural endings convey ownership or association. talojen functions as a grammatical marker rather than a standalone noun. Although it is a common inflection, talojen typically appears only within larger noun phrases and sentences.

See also: Finnish grammar, genitive case, case inflections, talo (house).