Pyytänyt

Pyytänyt is the past participle of the Finnish verb pyytää, meaning to ask for, to request, or to invite. It signals a completed action of asking and is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses.

As a participle, pyytänyt appears in compound verb forms such as Olen pyytänyt apua (I have asked for help), Hän on pyytänyt anteeksi (He has asked for forgiveness), or He ovat pyytäneet lupaa (They have asked for permission). The simple past form of the verb is pyysi, not pyytänyt, which is reserved for the perfect and pluperfect constructions in finite clauses.

Common usages and nuance: pyytänyt emphasizes a completed request rather than a plain question. It is frequently found with phrases like pyytää anteeksi (to ask for forgiveness), pyytää apua (to request help), pyytää lupaa (to ask for permission), and pyytää jotakin (to request something). This contrasts with kysyä, which more directly means “to ask a question” rather than to request something.

Etymology and related forms: pyytänyt derives from the root pyytä- within the verb pyytää. Related words include pyyntö (a request) and pyytäjä (one who asks). The form is common in written and spoken Finnish and appears across tenses in the perfect constructions.