jäme

Jääme is a Finnish verb form, specifically the first-person plural present indicative of jäädä, meaning to stay, remain, or be left behind. As a present-tense form, jäämme indicates that the action is performed by “we.” Finnish does not use a separate continuous aspect, so jäämme often translates as “we stay” or “we are staying,” depending on context.

Form and usage notes: The form is built from the stem jää- plus the personal ending -mme. The present-tense paradigm of jäädä is: minä jään, sinä jäät, hän jää, me jäämme, te jäätte, he jäävät. Jäädä covers staying in a location, remaining after others have departed, or continuing a state. Jäämme appears in statements about the group’s current or intended action, such as staying somewhere or continuing to be in a situation.

Examples: Me jäämme täällä, kunnes tilanne selviää. (We are staying here until the situation becomes clear.) Me jäämme kotiin tänään. (We are staying at home today.) Me jäämme seuraamaan tilannetta. (We will stay to monitor the situation.)

Lexical notes: Jäädä has related forms for other persons and tenses, such as jäimme (we stayed) in past, and jääminen (the act of staying) as a nominal form. A common potential ambiguity in Finnish is with the noun jää, meaning “ice,” which is a homograph but used in a different grammatical category.

See also: Finnish verb conjugation, jäädä, Finnish present tense usage.