farkuissa

Farkuissa is the inessive plural form of the Finnish noun farkut, meaning jeans. It is used to express location inside jeans, such as objects located in the jeans’ pockets or within the fabric. The form reflects Finnish case grammar, where the inessive (-issa) marks “inside” and the plural suffix indicates more than one pair of jeans or a generic reference to jeans as a category.

Morphology and usage: The base farku- combines with the plural inessive suffix -issa to produce farkuissa. The corresponding singular form is farkussa (in the jeans). Other related forms include farkuissani (in my jeans) or farkuistasi (in your jeans), which show how possessive suffixes attach to the same case ending. Farkuissa tends to appear in statements about the location of objects or contents inside the garment, rather than describing wearing.

Examples:

- Avaimet ovat farkuissa. (The keys are in the jeans.)

- Löysin vanhan kolikon farkuista. (I found an old coin in the jeans pockets.)

- Missä ovat lompakko ja sormukset? Farkuissa. (Where are the wallet and rings? In the jeans.)

Overview: Farkuissa serves as a clear example of Finnish inflection for a common clothing noun, illustrating how location concepts are expressed through the inessive plural form. It is primarily used in descriptive or narrative contexts to specify something’s position inside jeans.