toisista

Toisista is the elative plural form of the Finnish determiner and pronoun toinen, meaning the other or another. It translates roughly as from the others or out of the others, and it is used when referring to elements that come from a group that is being distinguished from a main focus or from which something is derived. As a grammatical form, toisista signals origin or source within a set of multiple items.

Form and usage: In Finnish, the elative case denotes movement from or origin. The plural elative form of the word related to "the other" is toisista. It commonly appears with plural nouns to indicate sources, contrasts, or perspectives coming from the other members of a group. Examples include toisista näkökulmista (from other perspectives), toisista syistä (for other reasons), and toisista ihmisistä (from/about the other people). The construction is frequent in academic, analytical, and journalistic Finnish when contrasting multiple options or viewpoints.

Examples of usage:

- Tutkijat tarkastelivat asioita toisista näkökulmista.

- Toisista syistä johtuen tapahtuma siirttiin.

- Hän kertoi tarinoita toisista ihmisistä.

Notes: toisista is easily confused with related forms in other cases or with different words that have similar sounds. It is a standard grammatical form in Finnish and is used across formal and informal registers, especially when discussing alternatives, origins, or comparisons among several items or people.

See also: toinen, toiset, toisensa, syistä.