kinpäätteellä
Kinpäätteellä is a term used in Finnish linguistics to refer to the enclitic suffix -kin, a particle attached to a word to signal inclusion, emphasis, or agreement. The suffix is written directly after the word without a space and can attach to pronouns, nouns, adjectives, or adverbs. Common forms include minäkin, sinäkin, tämäkin, mekin, hänkin, and kirjaankin, among others. In essence, -kin adds a sense of “also,” “too,” or “even” to the base word.
The major functions of kinpäätteellä are to express solidarity, agreement, or shared relevance with what has
In negative contexts, the suffix appears as the variants -kaan or -kään, depending on vowel harmony and
Kinpäätteellä is a common feature of everyday Finnish, widely understood across dialects and registers. It operates