Huomatamme

Huomatamme is a Finnish verb form connected to the verb huomata, meaning to notice or observe. In standard modern Finnish, the present tense first-person plural form of huomata is huomaamme, as in Me huomaamme virheen tässä lauseessa (We notice a mistake in this sentence).

The form huomatamme is not the standard present indicative form in contemporary usage. It is generally described as a nonstandard, dialectal, or historical variant of the same verb. In many modern texts, you are more likely to encounter huomaamme rather than huomatamme. Because Finnish spelling and morphology have regular patterns, huomatamme may appear in corpora as a misspelling or as an archaic or regional variant rather than as a productive form in present-day Finnish.

A closely related and more common form is huomatkaamme, the hortative or benevolent mood meaning “let us notice” or “let us take notice.” This form is typical in formal writing and public statements where a collective action is being proposed. Example: Huomatkaamme seuraavat seikat ennen päätöksen tekemistä. The distinction between huomaamme (we notice) and huomatkaamme (let us notice) is an example of how Finnish uses mood and person to shift the nuance of collective action.

Related terms include the infinitive huomata, the noun huomaaminen (noticing), and other conjugations like huomaan (I notice) and huomaat (you notice). Together, these forms illustrate Finnish verb conjugation and the ways mood and person affect meaning.