tulkinnoille

Tulkinnoille is a Finnish word-form that appears primarily in linguistic or scholarly contexts. It is commonly described as the illative plural of a noun related to interpretation, roughly meaning “to the interpretations” or “for the interpretations.” The form is not part of everyday Finnish usage; more common expressions would use other cases and forms such as tulkintojen (genitive plural) or tulkinnoihin (illative singular/plural depending on the noun’s stem), depending on the grammatical function in the sentence. Because Finnish relies on a wide array of suffixes to indicate case and number, tulkinnoille serves as an example of how illative plural endings can be attached to a stem associated with interpretation in formal or theoretical prose.

In practice, tulkinnoille is most likely to be encountered in grammar descriptions, linguistic analyses, or stylistic writing that aims to illustrate Finnish inflection patterns. It is rare in everyday speech and writing, where simpler or more common forms are preferred. When encountered, it is important to consider the surrounding context to determine whether the writer intends a directional sense (“toward the interpretations”) or a more abstract evaluative sense related to multiple readings.

See also: tulkinta, tulkinnat, tulkintojen, kielioppi, Finnish grammar, illatiivi.