Aikatauluni

Aikatauluni is a Finnish noun phrase meaning “my schedule” or “my timetable.” It is formed from aikataulu, a compound of aika (time) and taulu (board/table), and the first-person possessive suffix -ni, which marks ownership. The phrase functions as a regular noun phrase and can serve as either the subject or the object in a sentence, depending on context.

Grammatical notes: Finnish expresses possession with possessive suffixes attached to the noun. Aikataulu takes different suffixes to indicate different owners: aikataulusi (your), aikataulunsa (his/her/its), aikataulumme (our), aikataulunne (your, plural), and aikataulunsa (their). Examples include Tarkistan aikatauluni (I will check my schedule) and Aikatauluni on melko tiukka (My schedule is fairly tight). To refer to someone else’s schedule, substitute the appropriate suffix: aikataulusi for “your schedule,” aikataulunne for “your [plural] schedule,” etc.

Origin and usage: Aikataulu literally means a timetable and reflects the historical idea of a board displaying times. Aikatauluni is common in everyday Finnish and is widely used in both spoken and written contexts, from personal planning to professional scheduling, to denote one’s own time commitments.

See also: aikataulu, possessive suffixes in Finnish, and related terms for other possessors such as aikataulusi (your schedule) or aikataulumme (our schedule).