Sekoitimme

Sekoitimme is the first-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb sekoittaa, meaning to mix, stir, or blend. Grammatically it indicates that the action was completed by the speaker and at least one other person. The form is commonly used in everyday Finnish to describe a past act of combining elements, whether in cooking, science, art, or information.

In use, sekoittaa covers a range of senses from physical mixing to more abstract combinations. For example, in cooking it can describe stirring ingredients together, while in color work it can refer to blending paints. In narrative text, sekoitimme can mark a past event where a group performed the action of mixing, combining, or jumbling things, including more figurative uses such as mixing ideas or data.

Commonly related forms include sekoitan (I mix), sekoitat (you mix), sekoittaa as an infinitive, and the imperfect forms sekoitin (I mixed), sekoitit (you mixed), sekoitti (he/she mixed), and sekoittivat (they mixed). The verb is cross-disciplinary in Finnish, appearing in recipes, manuals, reports, and storytelling.

Example sentences:

Sekoitimme ainekset huolellisesti ennen paistamista.

Sekoitimme värejä taidetyössämme saadaksemme uuden sävyn.

Sekoitimme tiedot yhteen, jotta raportti olisi kokonaisuudessaan johdonmukainen.

Notes on usage: as a past tense form, sekoitimme requires a plural subject and is suitable for recounting shared actions. The meaning remains close to “we mixed” or “we stirred,” with context guiding whether the sense is culinary, chemical, artistic, or metaphorical.