arvioitte

Arvioitte is the second-person plural present tense form of the Finnish verb arvioida, meaning you estimate or you assess. It is used when addressing multiple people performing an estimation or evaluation. The root verb arvioida conveys forming an opinion about value, quality, or extent based on data, evidence, or judgment. The noun arvio means assessment or estimate.

In Finnish, arvioida is a regular -ida verb. The forms around arvioitte include arvioi (he/she/it estimates), arvioimme (we estimate), and arvioivat (they estimate). The form arvioitte specifically signals that the subject is "you (plural)" in the present tense. It can take various objects, with the object usually in partitive or, less commonly, in a definite form depending on context. For example, kustannukset, riskit, or aikataulu might be described or evaluated using arvioida.

Usage notes: arvioitte is common in business, research, planning, journalism, and everyday language when multiple people are asked to judge or estimate something. It can be used with predicates that express a value or a classification, such as “arvioitte sen olevan kallis” (you estimate it to be expensive) or “arvioitte projektin kustannukset” (you estimate the project costs). In compound tenses, forms like olette arvioineet (you have estimated) are used.

See also: arvioida, arviointi, arvioija. These related terms cover the broader concept of evaluation, the act of estimating, and the person who conducts assessments.