Huoneenne

Huoneenne is a Finnish possessive form meaning “your room” when addressing more than one person or using a formal form of address. It is formed by attaching the second-person plural possessive suffix -nne to the noun huone (room). The result, huoneenne, indicates ownership by the addressees.

In Finnish, possessive suffixes attach directly to the noun rather than to a separate possessive determiner. The suffix -nne signals that the owner is you (plural) or a polite singular you, and the noun remains inflected for number and case as needed in the sentence. For example, huoneenne can function as the subject or object of a sentence depending on the grammatical case: Huoneenne on siisti (Your room is tidy).

Usage notes: huoneenne is common in formal written Finnish, hospitality contexts, schools, hotels, or interactions with groups. It may appear in sentences that refer to the addressees’ space or property, such as requests or notices: Toivomme, että huoneenne on valmis (We hope that your room is ready). For informal, singular address, the corresponding form is huoneesi (your room). The direct combination of pronouns with the possessive suffix is generally avoided in everyday speech but can occur for emphasis or clarity.

Related forms include huoneesi (your room, informal singular) and other possessive forms formed with the same suffix pattern on different nouns, e.g., talonne (your house). These forms illustrate Finnish’s agglutinative possessive system, where ownership is encoded in a suffix rather than a separate possessive determiner.

See also: tuon son, other possessive suffixes, and examples of second-person possessive usage in Finnish grammar.