johti

Johti is the third-person singular past tense form of the Finnish verb johtaa, meaning to lead or to conduct. It is used in narrative or descriptive text to indicate that someone led an organization, project, event, or group in the past. For example: Hän johti tiimiä menestyksekkäästi.

Formation and usage: In Finnish, the imperfect past tense is formed by attaching personal endings to the verb stem. For johtaa, the third-person singular past tense is johti. The full imperfect forms are: minä johdin, sinä johdit, hän johti; me johdimme, te johtitte, he johtivat.

Related forms: The present tense is johtaa; the past participle is johtanut (has led). The conditional mood is johtaisi (would lead). These related forms allow construction of a range of timings and modalities around leadership actions.

Notes on usage: Johti commonly appears in news, history, and narrative writing to describe past leadership of people, teams, companies, programs, or movements. The object may be explicit or in partitive form if the quantity or specificity is indefinite, as in tiimiä (a team).

See also: johtaa, johtaja, johto, johtaminen.