muistaa

Muistaa is a Finnish verb meaning to remember, to recall, or to keep in memory. It can refer to remembering facts, events, people, or information, and it can also express remembering to perform an action in the future. The verb is commonly used with a direct object (minä muistan sinut) or with a clause introduced by että (minä muistan, että hän sanoi).

Conjugation and forms: Muistaa is a Type 1 verb. Present: minä muistan, sinä muistat, hän muistaa, me muistamme, te muistatte, he muistavat. Past: minä muistin, sinä muistit, hän muisti, me muistimme, te muistitte, he muistivat. The perfect tense uses the auxiliary olla plus the participle: olen muistanut. Imperative: muista! Negative: en muista. The infinitive is muistaa; related noun forms include muistaminen (remembering) and muistutus (reminder).

Usage notes: In everyday Finnish, muistaa describes keeping something in mind or recalling it. Examples: “Minä muistan sinut.” “Muistan, mitä sanoin.” It can also express remembering to do something: “Muistan tehdä sen.” The related verb muistuttaa means to remind (someone else) or to resemble, as in “Se muistuttaa minua äidistäni.”

Etymology and related forms: Muistaa shares its root with muisti (memory), and with related words such as muistaminen (remembering) and muistutus (reminder). The word is widely used in personal recollection, planning, and conversational speech, making it a central verb in everyday Finnish.