talvella

Talvella is a Finnish adverb meaning “in winter” or “during winter.” It is formed from the noun talvi (winter) with the adessive suffix -lla, a construction used in Finnish to indicate a time period without a preposition.

Usage and meaning: Talvella is used to mark the time frame within the winter season in statements about weather, routines, or events. It can describe general seasonal patterns as well as specific observations within winter. It is common in everyday language and can combine with verbs, adjectives, and other parts of speech to situate actions in winter. For example, Talvella on kylmää translates to “In winter it is cold,” and Talvella sataa usein lunta to “In winter it often snows.”

Related forms and notes: Finnish also has kesällä, keväällä, and syksyllä to express other seasons with the same adessive form -lla, used in a similar way. For more habitual or recurring sense, some speakers use talvisin, which can carry a nuance of “in winters” or “during the winter season.”

Etymology: The wordtalvi comes from the semantic core winter, and the -lla suffix marks the adessive case here, functioning as a time marker rather than a spatial one.

See also: Finnish seasonal time expressions; -lla adessive in time phrases; talvisin; kesällä; keväällä; syksyllä.