hänkin

Hänkin is a Finnish clitic formed by the third-person pronoun hän and the suffix -kin, meaning "also" or "too." It is used to indicate that the person referred to by hän shares a situation or action with others who have already been mentioned or implied. The form is typically written as a single word and functions as a fused pronoun/adverb.

The particle -kin attaches to pronouns and certain determiners to express inclusion or contrast. With hän, it yields "hänkin," which is gender-neutral and refers to a single, third-person subject. It can be used in both affirmative and negative contexts to show that the subject is doing, feeling, or being in the same way as someone else, or not doing something that others do.

Affirmative usage examples: "Minä menen, ja hänkin tulee" (I’m going, and he/she is coming too). "Hänkin saapui ajoissa" (He/She also arrived on time). Negative usage: "Hän ei tullut" becomes "Hänkään ei tullut" (Not even he/she came / Neither did he/she come).

Hänkin can be used at different positions in a clause, but it commonly follows the subject and precedes the verb in the sentence. It is closely related to other -kin forms such as minäkin, sinäkin, sekin, which share the same function across different parts of speech.

See also: the particle -kin, its use with other pronouns, and its role in forming inclusive or contrastive statements in Finnish.