toisille

Toisille is a Finnish allative plural form of the word meaning “the others.” It comes from the plural form tois- of the determiner/toinen, combined with the allative suffix -lle, which marks direction toward or toward a recipient. In practice, toisille translates roughly as “to others” or “to the others.”

Usage and meaning

Toisille functions as an indirect object marker, indicating the target of an action directed at more than one person. It is commonly used with verbs such as antaa (to give), jakaa (to share), tai lähettää (to send). It answers questions like “to whom?” in a plural sense. For example: "Jaoimme ruokaa toisille" (We shared food with others) and "Lähetä tämä viesti toisille" (Send this message to others).

Forms and related forms

The form toisille is the plural allative of the base word tois- or toisensa forms in some constructions. Singular equivalents exist, such as toiselle (to another person). The word often appears with a following noun to specify the group, as in toisille ihmisille (to other people) or toisilleen (to each other, when used reflexively in some phrases).

Etymology

Toisille derives from the Finnish base meaning “other” and the plural form tois-, with the allative suffix -lle, a productive case in Finnish that marks direction toward a recipient or destination.

See also

Finnish grammar; allative case; Finnish pronouns and demonstratives.