Kiipeätte

Kiipeätte is the second person plural present tense form of the Finnish verb kiipeä, meaning you climb or you are climbing. It is used when addressing multiple people and describing an action happening in the present. In Finnish, verb forms carry the person and number, so kiipeätte clearly indicates that the subject is "you" in the plural.

Formation and grammar: The form is built from the stem kiipeä- plus the present-tense plural suffix -tte. This mirrors other Finnish verbs that take -tte in the second-person plural present. The corresponding forms are kiipeän (I climb), kiipeät (you climb, singular), kiipeamme (we climb), and kiipeävät (they climb). The subject pronoun te is often implied by the verb ending rather than stated explicitly.

Usage and contexts: Kiipeätte is common in outdoor and athletic contexts such as rock climbing, hill traverses, or tree climbing, but it can also be used metaphorically to describe progress in tasks or challenges. For example: "Te kiipeätte kallion seinämää ylös" (You climb up the cliff wall). "Kun te kiipeätte yli puiston, näette paremman reitin" (When you climb over the park, you’ll see a better route).

Notes: Kiipeätte is not an imperative form; commands use forms like kiipeäkää. For learners, it helps to compare kiipeätte with kiipeä (infinitive) and other person-number forms to understand Finnish verb conjugation patterns. Related terms include kiipeä (to climb) and kiipeily (climbing as an activity).