Asunnossa

Asunnossa is the inessive form of the Finnish noun asunto, meaning “in the apartment” or “inside the dwelling.” In Finnish grammar, the inessive case marks location inside a place and answers the question missä? (where?). The form is used with verbs of location and existence to indicate where something is situated.

Formation and related forms: The singular inessive is asunnossa. The plural inessive is asunnoissa. With possessive suffixes, forms include asunnossani (in my apartment), asunnossasi (in your apartment), asunnossaan (in his/her apartment), asunnossammeko (in our apartment), and asunnossanne (in your apartment, formal or plural). The genitive of asunto is asunnon; the related elative form is asunnosta and the adessive form is asunnolla.

Usage examples: Kirjat ovat asunnoissa. The books are in the apartments. Olen asunnossani. I am in my apartment. This form is commonly used to describe the location of people, objects, or events within a dwelling, or to indicate one’s own location relative to home.

Etymology and related terms: Asunto means dwelling or residence, derived from the verb asua “to live.” The inessive form asunnossa is part of a broader system of Finnish locative cases used to express spatial relationships such as inside, on, at, or from a place. See also asunto and the general topic of Finnish case forms.