käytitte

Käytitte is the second-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb käyttää, meaning “to use.” The form translates to “you used” or “you were using” and is used when the subject is te (you, plural) in the past. It appears in both narrative and everyday speech to describe actions that were completed in the past or occurred over a past period.

Conjugation context: Käyttää follows a typical Finnish pattern where the past tense for the second person plural is marked with the suffix -itte. The full past-tense paradigm for the verb käyttää includes: käytin (I used), käytit (you used, singular), käytti (he/she used), käytimme (we used), käytitte (you used, plural), käyttivät (they used). The form käytitte may occur in questions as well, for example with the question particle -ko/-kö: Käytittekö tätä ohjelmaa aiemmin?

Usage considerations: Käytitte is used for actions involving the use of objects or tools. It can describe both concrete usage (such as using a device or program) and more abstract usage (such as using a method). In writing, the form helps establish the time frame and the agent performing the action when addressing multiple people.

Related forms: The base verb is käyttää; related nouns include käyttö (use, usage) and käyttötarkoitus (purpose of use). Understanding käytitte in the larger conjugation of käyttää aids in constructing past-tense statements across different subjects.

Examples:

- Käytitte ohjelmaa eilen. (You used the program yesterday.)

- Käytittekö tätä laitetta aiemmin? (Did you use this device earlier?)