miellyttää

Miellyttää is a Finnish verb meaning "to please" or "to be pleasing to someone." It expresses that something gives satisfaction or is agreeable to a person.

Etymology and related forms: The verb derives from mieli, meaning mind, mood, or will, with the causative suffix -ttää. A related adjective is miellyttävä, meaning "pleasant."

Usage: In sentences the thing or situation that causes pleasure is typically the subject, while the person who experiences the pleasure is expressed in the partitive case. For example, Se miellyttää minua means "That pleases me." Another example: Tämä kirjoitus miellyttää lukijoita ("This text pleases readers"). The past tense form is miellytti, and the present participle or adjective form is miellyttävä, meaning "pleasing" or "pleasant." The passive form miellytetään exists but is not as common in everyday speech.

Notes: Miellyttää is commonly used to describe tastes, preferences, or things that are agreeable to someone. It can convey a sense of appeal or satisfaction with a choice, a recommendation, or a result. In contrast to verbs like pitää or tykätä, which can express liking more generally, miellyttää emphasizes the sense that something objectively pleases the experiencer.

See also: miellyttävä, miellytys.