maistanut
Maistanut is the past active participle of the Finnish verb maistaa, meaning to taste or sample something. It denotes the action of having tasted in the past and is commonly used to form perfect tenses with the auxiliary verb on (has/have tasted). The participle generally agrees with the subject in mood and voice but not in person or number, and it can function as an adjective or part of a compound verb construction.
Maistanut is part of a class of Finnish past participles formed with the suffix -nut. In sentences,
- Perfect tenses: Olen maistanut, hän on maistanut, he ovat maistaneet.
- Descriptive usage: Maistanut ruokia voi kuvailla monin tavoin, kuten “maistanut ja hyväksynyt” in tasting notes or
- Negation: Hän ei ole maistanut tätä vielä.
Maistanut derives from maistaa plus the past active participle suffix -nut, a common pattern for forming verbal