kunnissa

In a sentence

• Kunnissa järjestetään usein paikallisia tapahtumia.

  Local events are often organized in municipalities.

  In this sentence, 'kunnissa' refers to the plural of municipalities ('kunnat') in the inessive case, indicating 'in the municipalities'.

• Päätöksiä tehdään kunnissa asuvien hyväksi.

  Decisions are made for the benefit of those living in municipalities.

  Here, 'kunnissa' again is the inessive form, highlighting actions occurring within the municipalities.

• Opetus kuno toista, tähän hyvin systeemi kunnissa tehdään.

  Teaching varies; however, this system works well in municipalities.

  This usage of 'kunnissa' emphasizes the location where different systems in teaching are applied.

• Koulujen taso vaihtelee eri kunnissa.

  The quality of schools varies between different municipalities.

  'Kunnissa' is used in this sentence to indicate locations (municipalities) within which variation is being discussed.

• Tapahtumaan osallistui ihmisiä monista Suomen kunnista.

  People from many Finnish municipalities participated in the event.

  Here 'kunnissa' (or actually, its prepositional context 'kunnista') refers to the origin or communities where participants came from.

• Kunnissa järjestetään ensi vuonna vaalit.

  Elections will be held in the municipalities next year.

  'Kunnissa' is employed to specify where the elections are happening, indicating activity in municipalities.