Lähdit

Lähdit is the second-person singular past tense form of the Finnish verb lähteä, meaning to leave or depart. It denotes a completed action in which the subject you left a place or began a journey. The form is used when addressing a single person in the past.

Conjugation note: In Finnish, the past tense forms of lähteä include minä lähdin, sinä lähdit, hän lähti, me lähdimme, te lähditte, he lähtivät. The present tense second-person singular is lähdet, and the past third person is hän lähti. Thus, lähdit specifically marks “you left” in past narrative or dialogue.

Usage: Lähdit is common in narrative, reporting, and everyday speech when referring to someone leaving a location at a past time. It can describe leaving home, work, a city, or starting a trip, and it often appears with time expressions such as eilen (yesterday) or aikaisin (early).

Examples: Sinä lähdit eilen kotiin. Miksi sinä lähdit niin varhain? Hän lähti kaupungista jo viisi vuotta sitten, mutta sinä lähdit myöhemmin. Note that the plural form is te lähditte, used when addressing more than one person.

Notes: Lähdit is one specific inflectional form and should not be confused with other persons or numbers, such as te lähditte (you left, plural). It is a standard, neutral verb form appropriate for descriptive and narrative uses in Finnish.