Laukkusi

Laukkusi is the Finnish second-person singular possessive form of the noun laukku, meaning your bag. In Finnish, possessive suffixes attach directly to the possessed noun to indicate ownership relative to the speaker. Laukkusi is formed by adding the suffix -si to laukku, resulting in a single word that is commonly used in everyday speech.

Morphology and spelling notes: The possessive suffix -si marks ownership by one person addressed as “you.” The base word laukku remains unaltered aside from the addition of the suffix, and the resulting form is typically written as one connected word, lau k ku si. Finnish morphology preserves the consonant cluster, so the double k in laukku is carried into lau kk u si.

Usage and examples: Laukkusi can function as a full noun phrase meaning “your bag.” For example, Missä laukku si on? means “Where is your bag?” or, less formally, “Where is your bag?” Another example is Laittakaa laukku s i pöydälle, meaning “Put your bag on the table.” In contexts where the speaker is addressing multiple people, a different possessive suffix is used (the second-person plural form), but laukkusi specifically expresses ownership by one person.

Relation to other forms: The second-person singular possessive suffix is -si; the corresponding second-person plural suffix is -nne, which would attach similarly to a noun to indicate ownership by more than one person. Laukkusi thus belongs to a broader system of Finnish possessive forms that attach to nouns rather than relying on independent possessive pronouns.