Seisomme

Seisomme is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb seisoa, meaning to stand. In English, it is translated as “we stand” or “we are standing.” The form is used in everyday Finnish to describe a standing posture, to indicate the location where a group is standing, or to describe actions performed while standing.

Formation and usage: The stem is seiso-, and the personal ending -mme indicates the first-person plural. In present tense, the standard conjugation is seison, seisot, seisoo, seisomme, seisotte, seisovat. Seisomme is commonly used with location phrases in the inessive case (for example, puistossa) to specify where the standing occurs, and it appears in declarative sentences, questions, and other sentence types depending on context.

Notes on meaning and aspect: Finnish lacks a distinct progressive aspect in this verb class, so present tense forms like seisomme can translate as both “we stand” and “we are standing” in English. The form is a fundamental part of ordinary expression and does not function as a separate noun or proper noun in standard usage.

Example: Me seisomme rivissä. This sentence illustrates the typical structure where the subject is implicit or explicit and the verb conveys the ongoing standing action. Seisomme shares its root with related verbs describing posture and position, and it remains a common element in everyday Finnish discourse.