Kirjoitimme

Kirjoitimme is the first-person plural form of the Finnish verb kirjoittaa, used in the simple past tense to mean "we wrote." It denotes a completed action performed by a group in the past and is a standard form in everyday Finnish narration.

Grammar and formation: The form is built from the verb stem kirjoit- with the past tense marker -i- and the plural ending -mme, yielding kirjoitimme. It contrasts with the present tense form kirjoitamme ("we write" or "we are writing") and with other persons’ past forms such as kirjoitin ("I wrote") and kirjoitte ("you wrote" plural form kohtuutte is incorrect; proper forms are kirjoititte, etc.).

Usage: Kirjoitimme is commonly used in narrative or reporting contexts to describe actions carried out by a group in the past. Finnish does not have a single present-perfect tense; to express a completed action with present relevance, speakers use the perfect construction, such as olemme kirjoittaneet ("we have written").

Examples:

- Me kirjoitimme kirjeen eilen. (We wrote a letter yesterday.)

- Kirjoitimme raportin viikon aikana. (We wrote the report during the week.)

Related forms: kirjoittaa (to write), kirjoitus (writing, a piece of writing), kirjoittaminen (the act of writing). The form kirja- appears in other tenses and persons through regular Finnish conjugation patterns.