jokin

Finnish

Etymology

Pronoun stem jo- + enclitic particle -kin.

Pronoun

jokin (stem jo-, see below)

1. (indefinite) something.
2. (indefinite, adjectival) some, one, a.
3. what have you, what-have-you, whathaveyou

   Nyt tarvittaisiin vasara tai jotain.

   Now we would need a hammer or what have you.

Declension

Case suffixes are regular; only the first part jo- is declined, the enclitic particle -kin doesn't change its form. Some cases have parallel forms without the k. The instructive and abessive cases are extremely rarely or never used. The sublative, lative and causative forms are used as adverbs.

Declension of jokin noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative jokin jotkin superessive – – genitive jonkin joidenkin joittenkin delative – – partitive jotakin jotain joitakin joitain sublative jonnekin – accusative jokin, jonkin jotka lative joskin – inessive jossakin jossain joissakin joissain temporal – – elative jostakin jostain joistakin joistain causative jotenkin – illative johonkin joihinkin multiplicative – – adessive jollakin jollain joillakin joillain distributive – – ablative joltakin joltain joiltakin joiltain temp. dist. – – allative jollekin joillekin prolative – – essive jonakin jonain joinakin joinain situative – – translative joksikin joiksikin oppositive – – instructive – (joinkin) abessive (jottakin) (joittakin) comitative – –

Usage notes

• In colloquial Finnish, all cases except for nominative singular are often used when referring to people (i.e. used instead of joku).

Derived terms

• jollakin tavalla (adessive sg.) = by some means, in a way or another, somehow

Related terms

Pronouns with same stems:

• joka
• joku
• jompikumpi
• kuka
• kukaan
• kukin
• kumpi
• kumpikaan
• kumpikin

See also

• eräs
• yksi