jätän

Jätän is the first-person singular present indicative form of the Finnish verb jättää, meaning to leave. The infinitive form is jättää, and the verb covers a range of meanings dependent on context, including placing something somewhere, abandoning someone, or omitting or skipping something.

Usage and meanings are highly context-dependent. In its most concrete sense, jätän is used for leaving or putting something somewhere, for example: "Jätän kirjan pöydälle" (I leave the book on the table). The verb can also express more abstract or less permanent actions, such as omitting or skipping something: "Jätän tämän väliin" (I skip this), or leaving something undone: "Jätän tämän tekemättä" (I leave this undone). It can also convey abandonment in certain contexts, such as leaving someone behind, though this sense is determined by accompanying words.

Conjugation: continued use of the present tense for 1st person singular is jätän. Other present tense forms include: minä jätät (you leave), hän jättää (he/she leaves), me jätämme (we leave), te jätätte (you all leave), he jättävät (they leave). Finnish verbs are typically used with explicit subject pronouns, as the verb endings indicate person and number.

Notes: Jätän, like other Finnish verbs, forms the present tense without a distinct auxiliary and relies on context for temporal nuances (present vs. near future). The verb remains transitive and typically requires a direct object or a complement indicating where or what is being left. The negative form is en jätä (I do not leave), illustrating the standard negation pattern in Finnish with en.

Etymology: jättää derives from the Finnish root jät-, common to the verb jättää, with the standard -ä infinitive ending. It is a fundamental, frequently used verb in Finnish with broad applicability across everyday speech.