pidämme

Pidämme is the 1st person plural present tense form of the Finnish verb pitää. The form is used when the subject is we, and it mediates several related meanings that can be translated as hold, keep, host or organize, and like, depending on the context. Because of these multiple senses, pidämme is a versatile expression in everyday Finnish.

In one sense, pidämme can mean to hold or keep something physically or to maintain a state or arrangement. For example, pidämme kiinni can mean we hold on, and pidämme juhlat can mean we host or hold a party. In referring to organizing events, pidämme kokouksen or pidämme tilaisuuden means we will hold or are holding a meeting or event. In the sense of preference, pidämme translates as we like, as in pidämme tästä ruoasta (we like this food) or pidämme tästä ohjelmasta (we like this program).

Grammatically, pidämme is the present tense form for the 1st person plural. Other present-tense forms of the verb pitää are minä pidän, sinä pidät, hän pitää, te pidätte, he pitävät. Finnish often uses this form without changing the meaning drastically across contexts; the exact sense is determined by accompanying words and case endings, such as the partitive case used with expressions of liking.

Examples:

- Me pidämme kokouksen huomenna klo 14. (We will hold a meeting tomorrow at 2 PM.)

- Pidämme tästä ruoasta. (We like this food.)

- Pidämme huolta siitä projektista. (We will take care of that project.)

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