talossa

Talossa is the inessive case form of the Finnish noun talo, meaning “in the house” or “inside the house.” In Finnish, nouns take case endings to indicate location, movement, or other relations, and talossa specifies a location inside a house.

The base word is talo (house). The inessive suffix is -ssa (or -ssä after a back vowel), giving talossa for singular. The plural form is taloissa, meaning “in the houses.” Other related forms include talon (genitive, “of the house”), taloa (partitive, “some of the house” or “a house” as a direct object example), and illatoon/taloon for various motion meanings.

Usage in sentences is straightforward: Olen talossa. (I am in the house.) Kissa on talossa. (The cat is in the house.) Talossa on lämmin. (It is warm inside the house.) Talossa voi olla monia tiloja, kuten keittiö ja olohuone. (A house can contain many rooms, such as the kitchen and living room.)

Talossa demonstrates how Finnish expresses location without prepositions, relying on noun endings. It forms part of the broader Finnish case system, which uses a range of suffixes to convey relations such as possession, movement, and location.