Istutimme

Istutimme is a Finnish verb form meaning "we planted." It is the first-person plural past tense of the verb istuttaa, which means to plant or transplant. The form is used in everyday speech and writing to describe a planting action carried out by a group in the past, for example: Istutimme kukkia puutarhaan eilen.

In Finnish, istuttaa is a regular verb of the -uttaa class. Its present tense forms are minä istutan, sinä istutat, hän istuttaa, me-istutamme, te istutatte, he istuttavat. The corresponding simple past forms are minä istutin, sinä istutit, hän istutti, me istutimme, te istutitte, he istuttivat. Istutimme therefore serves as the natural past-tense form for “we” in statements about past planting activities. It can appear alone as a finite verb or be accompanied by time expressions such as eilen, viimeks, or jo.

Etymology traces istuttaa to istutus, the noun for planting or transplanting, with related forms such as istuttaminen (the act of planting) and istutuspaikka (planting site). The word is commonly used in gardening, agriculture, forestry, and environmental projects when describing actions taken to place plants into soil.

Translations of Istutimme vary with context, most commonly rendering as “we planted” in simple past, though in some contexts it can imply a more recent or experiential sense akin to “we have planted.” The form is a standard part of Finnish verb conjugation and widely understood in both spoken and written Finnish.