myönsimme

Myönsimme is the first-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb myöntää, meaning to grant, admit, concede, or acknowledge. As a finite verb form, it is used to describe an action carried out by the speaker and at least one other person in the past. It is not a noun; its function is to express a completed action by a plural subject.

Usage typically involves statements about past decisions, permissions, or acknowledgments. It can indicate that a group granted something, conceded a point, or admitted a fact. The sense of the verb can range from giving permission to recognizing an error, depending on the object or accompanying clauses.

Examples include: Me myönsimme luvan. (We granted the permission.) Me myönsimme virheen. (We admitted the mistake.) Me myönsimme, että virhe tapahtui. (We admitted that the error occurred.) In practice, the exact nuance is determined by the objects or dependent clauses, with nouns such as lupa (permission) or virhe (mistake) being common complements.

Etymologically, myönsimme derives from myöntää, the verb for granting or acknowledging, and reflects Finnish verb conjugation patterns for the past tense in the first-person plural. Related forms include present tense me myöntämme and the past participle myöntänyt, used in different grammatical constructions. See also: myöntää, myöntäminen, antecedent concepts of permission and acknowledgment.