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Minä asioin pankissa viikoittain.

Minä asioin pankissa viikoittain.
I do business at the bank weekly.
From Lesson 244:Visiting places (käydä)·Finnish

Breakdown of Minä asioin pankissa viikoittain.

minä
I
pankki
the bank
viikoittain
weekly
asioida
to run errands

Questions & Answers about Minä asioin pankissa viikoittain.

Why does this sentence use pankissa (in the bank) instead of a movement case like pankkiin (into the bank)?
Because of the verb asioida (to do business/errands). Even though in English you might say 'I go to the bank to do business', Finnish treats the action as happening statically at the location. Just like with käydä (to visit), asioida requires a static local case like the inessive -ssa (in).
What is the base form of asioin?
The infinitive is asioida, which means to do errands, handle affairs, or do business. It comes from the noun asia (matter, affair, errand). Because it is an O-A-E verb, when conjugated for 'minä', the -da drops and you add the personal ending -n, resulting in asioin.
How does the word viikoittain get its meaning?
It is formed from the noun viikko (week). The suffix -ittain (or -ittäin) is a distributive suffix that means 'by the' or 'every'. Attached to the plural stem of a time word, it turns it into a recurring frequency, so viikoittain means weekly or every week. You might also recognize this pattern from päivittäin (daily).
Why does viikko have a double K, but viikoittain only has one?
This is consonant gradation in action. The suffix -ittain attaches to the plural stem of the word. Moving to the plural stem and adding the suffix closes the syllable, which causes the strong grade double -kk- to weaken into a single -k-.

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