jättäkää

Jättäkää is Finnish and represents the second-person plural imperative form of the verb jättää. It is used to give a directive to more than one person, corresponding to “you all leave” or “leave behind” in English. The form is common in instructional, collaborative, or formal contexts, but can also appear in everyday speech when addressing a group.

The core meanings of jättää include leaving a physical object somewhere, leaving something out or omitting it, and, in a broader sense, abandoning or postponing an action. In imperative usage, jättäkää can therefore instruct someone to place an item somewhere, to omit something from a list or plan, or to refrain from taking a particular action, depending on the object and context.

Examples:

- Jättäkää avaimet pöydälle. (Leave the keys on the table.)

- Jättäkää tämä pois luettelosta. (Leave this out of the list.)

- Jättäkää se tekemättä, olkaa hyvä. (Please leave it undone.)

Related forms include the singular imperative jätä (for one person) and the infinitive jättää, which shares the same semantic range but is used in different grammatical contexts. The imperative form jättäkää is a standard part of Finnish directive speech and reflects the language’s handling of multiple addressees.