Sekoittaisitte

Sekoittaisitte is a Finnish verb form belonging to the conditional mood. It is the second-person plural form of the verb sekoittaa, meaning “to mix” or “to stir.” In usage, it conveys hypothetical or contingent action, typically translated as “you would mix” or “you would be mixing” in English.

Morphology and form: The verb sekoittaa has the stem sekoitta-. The conditional mood adds the marker -isi- and the personal ending -tte for the 2nd person plural. Thus sekoittaisitte literally corresponds to “you would mix.” Finnish distinguishes mood rather than tense in such constructions, so the form does not encode a specific past or future time but rather a conditional scenario. The form is finite and requires a subject (te = you plural) and, as a transitive verb, usually an object.

Usage: Sekoittaisitte is commonly used in conditional clauses and polite or hypothetical statements. It can appear in recipes, instructions, or discussions about what would happen if different steps were taken. The sentence structure often uses conjunctions like jos (if) to express the condition, for example, “Jos te sekoittaisitte taikinan hyvin, siitä tulisi tasainen.” translations: “If you mixed the dough well, it would become smooth.”

Examples in context:

- Finnish: Jos te sekoittaisitte ainekset kunnolla, taikinasta tulisi tasaisempi.

English: If you would mix the ingredients properly, the batter would be smoother.

- Finnish: Sekoittaisitteko taikinan vain hetken lisää?

English: Would you mix the batter for just a little longer?

See also: Finnish verb mood, conditional.