omistamme

Omistamme is the Finnish present tense, first-person plural form of the verb omistaa, meaning “to own” or “to possess.” It translates as “we own” in English and is used when the speakers refer to possessions held by the group including themselves.

In Finnish, the direct object of omistaa is typically in the genitive for definite ownership and in the partitive for indefinite ownership. Examples: Me omistamme talon (We own the house) and Me omistamme taloa (We own a house). This pattern shows how the object’s definiteness affects the case form used with the verb.

Morphology and related forms: omistamme is formed from the stem omist- plus the personal ending -amme for the first-person plural present. Other present-tense forms include minä omistan (I own), sinä omistat (you own), hän omistaa (he/she owns), te omistatte (you all own), he omistavat (they own). These forms share the same verb lexeme, omistaa, and are part of a broader set of derivatives such as omistus (ownership) and omistaminen (owning/ownership as a process).

Usage and registers: Omistamme is common in everyday Finnish as well as in formal or written contexts whenever a group’s ownership is being stated. It can appear in personal statements, business communications, and legal or administrative language when describing property, assets, or other possessions held by an entity that includes the speaker.

See also: omistaa, omistus, omistaminen, oma (own, personal possessive).