Seisoimme

Seisoimme is a Finnish verb form that translates to "we stood" in English. It is the first-person plural imperfect tense form of the verb seisoa, meaning to stand. In everyday use, it describes a past action in which a group including the speaker stood still or remained in a standing position.

Form and usage: Seisoa is an irregular Finnish verb whose imperfect (past) forms include minä seisoin, sinä seisoit, hän seisoi, me seisoimme, te seisoitte, he seisoivat. The form seisoimme is created from the stem seiso- with the past plural ending -imme. It is used in narrative or descriptive past contexts to place a group in a standing position at a given time.

Examples: Me seisoimme rivissä koko tilaisuuden ajan. (We stood in a line for the entire event.) Me seisoimme hiljaa, kun kapteeni puhui. (We stood quietly as the captain spoke.) In everyday narration, seisoimme can appear in stories or reports to convey a past scene of standing.

Related forms and notes: The root is seiso-, with other imperfect forms such as seisoin (I stood), seisoit (you stood), seisoitte (you all stood), seisoivat (they stood). Seisoa also has present-tense forms like seison, seisot, seisoo, seisomme, seisotte, seisovat. Etymology traces seisoa to the Finnish verb family for standing, with standard past-tense endings. See also Finnish verb conjugation and Finnish language.