Myönnämme

Myönnämme is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb myöntää. The base verb covers several related meanings, most commonly “to admit,” “to acknowledge,” and “to grant” or “to permit.” The exact meaning is determined by context, so myönnämme can express conceding a fact, recognizing a claim, or granting a right or permission.

In usage, myöntää and its forms function across both cognitive and administrative contexts. When used to admit something, it often introduces a statement or clause: for example, me myönnämme virheen on tapahtunut, meaning “we admit that the error has occurred.” When used to grant, the form appears in formal or legal language to indicate permission, entitlement, or authorization. A common construction is to state that something was granted, as in kävijöille myönnettiin oikeus muokata tiedostoja, “users were granted the right to edit files.”

Morphology and related forms: myönnämme is the present indicative plural form; related forms include myönnän (I admit), myöntää (infinitive: to admit or to grant), myönsi (he/she admitted), and myönnetty (granted or admitted, as a participle in passive constructions). The verb is regular in its conjugation patterns and is widely used in formal, administrative, and journalistic Finnish.

Notes on usage: the sense of admit vs grant is prominent in legal and organizational texts, whereas everyday speech more often uses myöntää in the sense of acknowledging a fact. Mastery of context is essential to choose the appropriate nuance for myönnämme and its related forms.