puhutussakin

Puhutussakin is a Finnish word formed by the noun puhutus ("address, speech, talking") with the inessive case ending -ssa ("in, during") and the enclitic -kin ("also, even"). Literally it can be glossed as "even in the talking" or "also during the address," and more naturally translated as "even when being spoken to" or "even in conversation."

Morphology and grammar: puhutus + -ssa → puhutussa (inessive: "in the speech/being spoken to") + -kin → puhutussakin. The enclitic -kin adds an additive or emphatic nuance equivalent to English "also" or "even." Formation follows regular Finnish case and clitic attachment rules; vowel harmony and consonant gradation are observed according to the base word.

Usage and meaning: the form is used to emphasize that something holds true even in the situation of talking or being addressed. It appears in spoken and written Finnish when the speaker wants to single out the context of conversation or direct address as not changing a previously stated condition or observation. For example: "Hän pysyi rauhallisena puhutussakin" — "He stayed calm even when being spoken to."

Variants and related forms: related constructions include puhutuksessa ("in the speech/at the address") without the emphatic -kin, and alternative clitic forms like -kään used under negation. Puhutussakin is a productive example of Finnish case marking combined with enclitic particles.