Kävelit

Kävelit is a grammatical form in Finnish. It is the second-person singular past tense (imperfect) of the verb kävellä, which means "to walk." The form represents a completed walking action referring to the person addressed, or to a situation where the subject you is understood from context. In English it corresponds to "you walked."

Morphology and conjugation details: The lemma is kävellä. The stem for the imperfect is kävel-, and the past tense endings are person and number specific: minä kävelin (I walked), sinä kävelit (you walked), hän käveli (he/she walked), me kävelimme (we walked), te kävelitte (you all walked), he kävelivät (they walked). The infinitive is kävellä, and the present tense forms include kävelet (you walk) and kävelee (he/she walks). Finnish verbs typically omit the subject pronoun, so kävelit often appears without explicit "you" in sentences where the subject is clear.

Usage notes: Kävelit is used to describe a past walking action by the person addressed. It is part of a regular verb conjugation pattern and is common in narration, dialogue, and responses to questions about past activities. Because Finnish often drops subject pronouns, the agent is frequently inferred from context rather than stated.

Examples:

- Eilen kävelit kaupungin läpi. (Yesterday you walked through the city.)

- Kun sinä kävelit, aurinko paistoi. (While you walked, the sun was shining.)

See also: kävellä, Finnish verb conjugation patterns.