katsoisitte

Katsoisitte is the second-person plural conditional form of the Finnish verb katsoa, meaning to look or to watch. It marks a hypothetical or contingent action by you all and is used in subordinate clauses or in polite, tentative statements addressing a group.

Formation and grammar: In Finnish, the conditional mood is formed by adding specific endings to the verb stem. For katsoa, the stem is katso-, and the second-person plural conditional ending is -isitte, giving katsoisitte. The full set of conditional endings for the main personal forms is: -isin (I would), -isit (you would, sg), -isi (he/she would), -isimme (we would), -isitte (you would, pl), -isivat (they would). Therefore katsoisitte corresponds to “you all would look/watch.”

Usage: Katsoisitte is used to express hypothetical actions or polite suggestions to a group. It often appears in sentences with jos (if) or in contexts that hedge statements or proposals. It can convey a softer, more tentative tone than the present or imperative forms and is common in written Finnish and in formal speech, as well as in dialogues that describe conditional scenarios.

Examples:

- Jos te katsoisitte tätä ohjelmaa, ymmärräisitte tarinan taustat.

- Jos te katsoisitte sen, näkisitte eron aiempaan versioon.

See also: The related forms katsoisin (1st person singular), katsoisit (2nd person singular), katsoisimme (we would), katsoisivat (they would), illustrating the broader conditional paradigm of katsoa.