Jätkeä

Jätkeä is not a standard Finnish verb. It is most commonly encountered as a misspelling or nonstandard dialectal variant of the verb jättää, which means to leave, to abandon, or to omit. In formal Finnish, the infinitive is jättää and jätkeä is not listed as a separate word in major dictionaries. Because of this, sentences that use jätkeä are generally considered incorrect in standard writing.

Usage and examples

In standard Finnish you would use jättää, for example: Minä jätän kirjan pöydälle (I am leaving the book on the table). A sentence containing jätkeä, such as Minä jätkeä kirjan pöydälle, would typically be flagged as a spelling error by editors or spell checkers. The form may occasionally appear in informal writing, typographical errors, or as a misunderstood variant, but it does not carry a recognized separate meaning or set of conjugations independent of jättää.

Etymology and relationship to other forms

Jätkeä is traditionally explained as a mistaken variant derived from the same verb stem as jättää. The standard form and its conjugation follow Finnish orthographic rules for verbs formed with the -ttää suffix, whereas jätkeä does not constitute a separate lemma in standard usage.

See also

jättää, suomalainen kielenhuolto, oikeinkirjoitus

This article presents jätkeä as a nonstandard form to clarify its status in Finnish usage. For correct writing, use jättää and its established forms.