havaitsi

Havaitsi is the third-person singular simple past form of the Finnish verb havaita, meaning to perceive, detect, or notice something. It is used to indicate that a subject became aware of something at a specific moment in the past. The verb havaita is native Finnish, and its related noun havainto means an observation or detection. The past participle form to accompany perfect tenses is havaittu.

Usage notes:

Havaita generally describes noticing or discovering something through perception, examination, or analysis. It often appears in formal or written Finnish, including journalism, reports, and scientific writing, but is also common in everyday speech when describing a discovery or realization. The action conveyed by havaita can be intentional or incidental, depending on the context.

Common forms:

Past tense, third-person singular: hän havaitsi (he/she noticed).

Past tense, other persons plural forms follow the same verb class pattern: mina havaitsin, sinä havaitsit, me havaitsimme, te havaitsitte, he havaitsivat.

Past participle: havaittu (observed, detected), used to form perfect tenses and as an adjective, e.g., "havaittu poikkeavuus" (an observed anomaly).

Examples:

Hän havaitsi virheen raportissa. (He noticed an error in the report.)

Tutkijat havaitsivat uuden signaalin. (Researchers detected a new signal.)

Viestissä todetaan, että on havaittu poikkeavuuksia. (The message states that abnormalities have been observed.)

See also:

havainto (observation), havaittu (observed), havaita (to perceive/detect).