Pysäköi

Pysäköi is the imperative form of the Finnish verb pysäköidä, meaning to park a vehicle. It can also function as the third-person singular present tense form of the same verb, meaning “he/she parks.” Because Finnish forms can look alike in different moods, context, punctuation, or accompanying pronouns are used to determine the intended meaning.

In usage, pysäköi is commonly employed to give a direct instruction to someone to park. For example: “Pysäköi auto tähän, kiitos,” meaning “Park the car here, please.” The imperative form is prevalent in informal speech, driving instructions, and everyday conversation. In more formal writing or when speaking about parking in general, speakers may choose alternative expressions, such as phrases using pysäköinti (parking, the act) or other verb forms.

Related terms include pysäköinti, the noun for the act or facility of parking; pysäköity, the past participle meaning “parked”; and pysäköittävä, meaning “to be parked” or “to be able to be parked.” The verb stems from pysäköidä, and together they constitute the Finnish vocabulary surrounding the act of parking vehicles.

Overall, pysäköi is a concise, context-dependent word that reflects Finnish’s flexible verb forms, functioning as both a command and a present-tense form depending on how it is used in a sentence.