yhdeksällä

yhdeksällä is the adessive form of the Finnish cardinal number yhdeksän (nine). It is used to indicate a point in time or a location in everyday Finnish, most often in expressions that mean “at nine” or “on nine” when describing when something happens or when someone is at a place. It is part of Finnish numeral inflection, where numerals decline like adjectives.

Form and grammar: The adessive case is formed by adding the suffix -llä to the numeral stem, yielding yhdeksällä. The form is used with singular nouns and with pronouns; the plural counterpart is yhdeksillä, used when referring to nine items or people together, e.g., yhdeksillä ihmisillä.

Usage examples: - Koulut alkavat yhdeksällä. - Lähden töihin yhdeksällä. In contexts not time-related, the adessive can also appear in expressions meaning “with nine,” e.g., yhdeksällä ihmisellä (with nine people).

Notes: Finnish time expressions can be flexible, and yhdeksällä is a common, natural option for indicating a start time in schedules or plans. It is formed like other numerals in adessive cases, reflecting the broader pattern of Finnish numeral declension.

See also: yhdeksän, numeral declension, Finnish grammar.