Unohtui

Unohtui is a Finnish verb form meaning “it was forgotten” or “it slipped (one’s) mind.” It is the third-person singular past tense of the intransitive verb unohtua, which expresses that something failed to be remembered or recalled. The agent responsible for the forgetting is not specified in ordinary use.

Usage and nuance: Because unohtua is intransitive, unohtui conveys that the forgetting happened without naming who forgot. It can be used with adverbial modifiers such as kokonaan (“completely”) or mieleen (“to mind”): Se unohtui kokonaan (“It completely slipped my mind”). In contexts where the agent is specified, a phrase like minulta unohtui can be used to indicate who forgot, as in Se unohtui minulta (“It slipped my mind from me,” i.e., I forgot it).

Related forms and variants: The opposite verb is muistaa, meaning “to remember.” Its past forms are unrelated in construction to unohtui. The noun form related to the concept is unohtuminen or unohtaminen, meaning “forgetting.” There are also transitive forms related to forgetting something, such as unohtaa (to forget something) with its own past tense forms (unohdin, unohdit, etc.).

Etymology and usage notes: Unohtui is part of standard Finnish and is widely used in everyday speech and writing. It describes involuntary forgetting or something that did not come to mind, rather than intentional disregard. The expression is flexible and appears across many registers, from casual conversation to formal writing.