takkinsa

Takkinsa is a Finnish noun phrase meaning “one’s jacket,” formed by the noun takki (jacket) combined with the third-person possessive suffix -nsä, yielding takkinsa. The form is used to indicate that the jacket belongs to someone else (he, she, or they), without repeating the possessor’s name.

Morphology and usage details: In Finnish, possessive suffixes attach to the possessed noun rather than to a separate pronoun. The third-person suffix -nsä (or -nsä with vowel harmony adjustments, sometimes appearing as -nsa in other forms) conveys possession by he, she, or they, depending on context. Takkinsa specifically functions as “his jacket,” “her jacket,” or “their jacket” in a compact, suffix-based construction. The same pattern is used with other nouns, for example koulunsa (his/her/ their school).

Examples:

- Hän otti takkinsa ja lähti. (He took his jacket and left.)

- Missä hänen takkensa on? (Where is his/her jacket?)

These sentences illustrate how takkinsa can stand in for a possessive noun phrase, allowing the possessor to be implicit or explicit through context.

Notes and alternatives: Takkinsa is often preferred in everyday speech for brevity, but it can be replaced by a full possessive construction with a possessive pronoun if clarity is needed (e.g., hänen takkinsa). The form can be ambiguous regarding singular vs. plural possession, requiring context to disambiguate.

See also: Finnish grammar, possessive suffixes, takki, pronoun usage in Finnish.