pyytäneet

Pyytäneet is a Finnish verb form derived from the verb pyytää, meaning to request or to beg. It is a past active participle form used in plural. In standard Finnish, past participles are used both to form compound tenses with the auxiliary olla (to be) and to function as adjectives in relative clauses. The form pyytäneet specifically marks plural subjects and indicates completed action in the past.

In usage, pyytäneet can appear in two main roles. As part of the compound perfect tense with the auxiliary ovat, it expresses that a plural subject has performed the action: he ovat pyytäneet (they have asked/they have requested). It can also function attributively in relative clauses or noun phrases to describe people or groups that have performed the action, for example in a sentence like ihmiset, jotka ovat pyytäneet anteeksi (people who have apologized).

Phonology and morphology in Finnish make pyytäneet recognizable as the plural past participle of pyytää. The form aligns with the general pattern for past participles of -ä verbs in the plural, and its use is governed by standard Finnish syntax: the participle agrees with the subject in number, while tense is indicated by the accompanying auxiliary verb when forming finite clauses.

See also: Finnish grammar, Finnish verbs, participles, perfect tense.