työpöydillään

The Finnish word "työpöydillään" is the third-person plural allative case of the noun "työpöytä," which translates to "work desk" or "desk" in English. Therefore, "työpöydillään" literally means "on their work desks" or "on their desks." This grammatical form indicates possession or location related to multiple individuals and their respective desks.

In Finnish grammar, the allative case is used to denote movement towards a surface or a state of being on a surface. When combined with the possessive suffix "-llään," which signifies "their," it specifically refers to the desks belonging to a group of people. For instance, a sentence might describe items being placed "työpöydillään" to indicate that each person in a group has placed something on their own desk.

The term is commonly encountered in contexts discussing office environments, study spaces, or any setting where individuals utilize desks for work or other activities. Understanding its grammatical structure, as a plural allative possessive, is key to correctly interpreting its meaning within a Finnish sentence. It signifies a collective yet individual placement of items upon the desks of multiple people.