Hymyilen

Hymyilen is the first-person singular present tense form of the Finnish verb hymyillä, which means to smile. It is used to describe the act of smiling by the speaker. In Finnish, the subject pronoun min ä is often omitted, so sentences like hymyilen can stand alone as a statement.

The verb hymyillä is formed from the noun hymy (smile) with the verb-forming suffixes. Its present tense forms include min ä hymyilen, sinä hymyilet, hän hymyilee, me hymyilemme, te hymyilette, they hymyilevät. The 1st person singular hymyilen is created by adding the ending -en to the stem hymyil-, which comes from the verb’s base form.

Usage and examples:

- Minä hymyilen. (I am smiling / I smile.)

- Minä hymyilen, kun kuulen hyvää uutista. (I smile when I hear good news.)

- Hän hymyilee usein koulussa. (He/she often smiles at school.)

Notes:

- Finnish verbs are inflected for person and number, and hymyilen shows the ongoing present action from the speaker’s perspective.

- The form is commonly used in everyday speech and writing to express a visible or felt smile, mood, or positive reaction.

- As with other Finnish verbs, context often clarifies the subject, so explicit pronouns are frequently omitted.