Lähettiin

Lähettiin is a Finnish verb form used in the past tense to express a passive action related to the verb lähettää, meaning to send or to forward. The form communicates that something was sent, while the agent performing the sending is not specified. In everyday language, lähettiin is common and widely understood as a colloquial or informal variant of the standard passive form.

In formal or standard Finnish, the same idea is typically rendered with the passive past lähetettiin. The distinction is mainly a matter of register: lähetettiin is preferred in written language, official texts, and careful editing, while lähettiin is frequently heard in speech or regional speech patterns.

Usage notes:

- Lähettiin is used when the focus is on the fact that something was sent, not on who sent it.

- The agent, if needed, can be indicated with a prepositional phrase, though in practice it is often omitted.

Examples:

- Standard Finnish: Viesti lähetettiin eteenpäin. (The message was forwarded.)

- Colloquial Finnish: Viesti lähettiin eteenpäin. (The message was forwarded, in spoken language.)

Lähettiin can appear in various subtypes of casual narrative or dialogue, especially in reporting speech or informal storytelling. As a form, it exemplifies Finnish’s flexible passive constructions and how register influences verb choice in everyday communication.