tekemäsi

Tekemäsi is a Finnish grammatical construction formed from the verb tehdä (to do, to make). It is a possessive participle form that essentially means “the thing you did” or “the things you made” and is used before a noun to attribute that noun to the person being spoken to. In practice, tekemiäsi functions like an adjective or a prenominal relative phrase, signaling ownership of the action or product described by the following noun.

Formation and basic use: Tekemäsi is created from the ma-/mä-participle stem of tehdä combined with the second-person singular possessive suffix -si. The result, tekemiäsi, is placed immediately before the noun it modifies, and the possessor remains in the second person. It can be used with singular or plural nouns, depending on what is being described, and it is common in both spoken and written Finnish.

Examples:

- Tekemäsi virheet ovat korjattavissa. (The mistakes you made are repairable.)

- Tekemäsi ratkaisut auttoivat projektia. (The solutions you produced helped the project.)

- Silloin huomioitiin tekemiäsi töitä. (There was attention to the work you have done.)

Relation to other forms: Tekemäsi is part of a broader class of ma-/mä-participles in Finnish, which can function as adjectives or as components of relative clauses. The form is especially useful in contexts where the speaker wants to emphasize the origin of the action or product as belonging to the listener.

Notes: The exact inflection can vary with different possessors (singular vs. plural), and speakers may adjust pronunciation and agreement to fit the noun phrase. The construction is widely understood and frequently employed in everyday Finnish, as well as in formal writing, for concise attribution of actions or creations to a specific person.