Jätimme

Jätimme is the first-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb jättää, meaning to leave, abandon, or omit. As a finite verb, jätimme indicates that the action was completed in the past and that the subject is “we.” The sense of jätkä feminine? No. The forms cover various meanings depending on context, including leaving something behind, leaving someone, or leaving something undone.

In Finnish, jättää is an inflected verb with the following past tense forms for the 1st person plural: minä jätin, sinä jäit, hän jätti, me jätimme, te jätitte, he jättivät. The stem is jätt- in the past, and the ending -imme marks the first-person plural. The verb can also appear in related constructions, such as leaving something unaddressed or skipping an item (jättää väliin).

Common usages of jätimme include:

- Physical leaving behind: Me jätimme avaimet pöydälle ja lähdimme. (We left the keys on the table and left.)

- Abandoning someone or something: Me jätimme hänet yksin. (We left him alone.)

- Leaving something unfinished or omitted: Me jätimme suunnitelmat kesken. (We left the plans unfinished.)

Nuances:

- Jättää can express both concrete omissions (objects) and more abstract actions (plans, tasks, decisions).

- The form jätimme always refers to a past action involving a plural subject; context determines whether the meaning is “left behind,” “abandoned,” or “left undone.”

See also: jättää, jättäminen.