Kirjamme

Kirjamme is a Finnish term that denotes ownership by a group including the speaker. It is the 1st person plural possessive form of kirja ('book'), formed by attaching the possessive suffix -mme to the noun stem kirja. The construction is part of Finnish possessive morphology, where personal suffixes attach to the noun to express possession. Kirjamme translates to 'our book' and is used in ordinary speech and writing to indicate inclusive ownership.

In use, kirjamme appears in sentences such as Kirjamme on pöydällä, meaning 'Our book is on the table.' The suffix marks the possessor as including the speaker, and it agrees with the overall noun phrase in case and number as required by Finnish grammar. The word functions like other possessive forms in Finnish and can be combined with any head noun to express collective ownership.

In modern Finnish, kirjamme also appears in literary and digital contexts as a neutral expression of shared authorship or collaboration. When capitalized as Kirjamme, it may serve as a proper noun for a project, publication, or brand that emphasizes communal creation, such as a co-authored anthology or a community-library initiative.

See also: Finnish language, possessive suffixes, me.