Jatkoit

Jatkoit is the second-person singular past tense form of the Finnish verb jatkaa, meaning to continue or to carry on. It functions as a finite verb form used when the subject is the second person singular, typically represented by the pronoun you (sinä). As a past tense form, jatkoit translates to “you continued” in English. It is found in everyday Finnish, especially in spoken language and in narrative contexts where the speaker refers to the listener’s actions in the past.

Grammatically, jatkoit is an inflected form that marks person and tense rather than a separate lexical item. It is used when the speaker directly addresses someone and wants to indicate that they continued an action or course of activity at some point in the past. In formal writing, speakers may prefer other constructions, but jatkoit remains standard in dialogue and informal prose.

Examples include:

- Sinä jatkoit lukemista illalla. (You continued reading in the evening.)

- Kun sinä jatkoit projektia, saimme valmiiksi suurimman osan työstä. (When you continued the project, we completed the largest part of the work.)

Because it is a verb form, jatkoit typically appears with accompanying objects or complements that specify what was continued, and its meaning is clear from context. It should not be confused with jatko-, the noun prefix meaning “extension” or “continuation” in compounds like jatkopääte or jatkokurssi, which are unrelated to the verb form itself.