menemme

Menemme is the first-person plural present tense form of the Finnish verb mennä, meaning “to go.” It translates to “we go” or “we are going” depending on context. In Finnish, present-tense forms often cover both immediate action and near-future plans, so menemme can be used to describe both current movement and intentional actions.

Usage of menemme centers on moving toward a destination or taking part in an action as a group. Examples include: “Me menemme kotiin” (We are going home) and “Me menemme kahville” (We’re going for coffee). A related, common expression is “Mennään!” which is widely used as an informal exhortation equivalent to “Let’s go!”

Grammatical notes reinforce that the -mme ending signals first-person plural, with the subject pronoun often omitted because the verb form itself encodes person and number. Other present-tense forms of mennä include “menin” (I go), “menet” (you go, singular), “menette” (you go, plural), “menee” (he/she goes), and “he menevät” (they go). The verb mennä belongs to a class of intransitive verbs that may show stem changes in other tenses, even though the present tense typically uses the men- stem.

See also: mennä, Finnish grammar.