maalaatte

Maalaatte is a Finnish finite verb form that corresponds to "you paint" or "you are painting" in English. It is the present indicative form of the verb maalata (to paint) in the second person plural (te). In everyday Finnish, the subject is often omitted when clear from context, so maalaatte can stand alone or be followed by a complement as in "Te maalaatte talon valkoiseksi."

Grammar and usage: The form is created from the infinitive maalata by attaching the second-person plural ending -tte, following standard patterns of Finnish -ata verbs. It signals present tense and is used when addressing more than one person directly.

Examples:

- Te maalaatte seinät sinisiksi.

- Te maalaatte talon ulkoseinät ennen talven tuloa.

Related forms: maalamme (we paint), maalaat (you paint, singular), maalaa (he/she paints). The verb pair maalata spans a range of other forms through Finnish conjugation, including past and conditional, which share the same verb root but different endings.

See also:

- Maalata, the infinitive meaning to paint

- Finnish verb conjugation

- Te-form in Finnish grammar