omistimme

Omistimme is the first-person plural imperfect form of the Finnish verb omistaa, meaning to own or possess. It is used to describe ownership that occurred in the past, for example when recounting that one or more things were owned at a previous time.

Grammatical properties: Omistimme is in the active voice and indicative mood, in the imperfect tense. It has the subject “we” and indicates past possession.

Conjugation notes: The present tense forms of omistaa are omistan, omistat, omistaa, omistamme, omistatte, omistavat. The corresponding imperfect forms include minä omistin, sinä omistit, hän omisti, me omistimme, te omistitte, he omistivat. The past passive is omistettiin.

Usage: The verb is used for owning real objects as well as rights or other possessions; the direct object follows standard Finnish object-case rules. Example: Me omistimme auton. This sentence can be used to state that we owned a car in the past.

Related terms: oma (own), omistus (ownership), omistaja (owner), omistaminen (possession or owning).

Etymology: The verb is derived from the native root oma- meaning “one’s own” and is formed with a denominal suffix that yields the verb omistaa. Related nouns include omistus and omistaja, which share the same semantic field of ownership.