ryhdyt

Ryhdyt is a Finnish verb form: the second-person singular present indicative of the verb ryhtyä. It is used to indicate that the person addressed begins, undertakes or gets down to an action. In English translations it commonly corresponds to "you begin," "you undertake" or "you get to (work)."

The base verb ryhtyä denotes taking up an activity, assuming a posture or adopting an attitude toward doing something. Ryhdyt appears in everyday spoken Finnish and in writing in clauses such as ryhdyt tekemään ("you begin to do [something]") or ryhdyt toimeen ("you get down to work"). The form is compatible with standard Finnish morphology and combines with infinitive complements and adverbial phrases to express intent, onset or resolution.

Etymologically ryhtyä is related to the noun ryhti, meaning posture or bearing, and historically conveyed the idea of adopting a stance from which action follows. Usage registers for ryhdyt range from colloquial to neutral literary Finnish; an imperative or encouragement to start would use a different conjugation (ryhdy). As a simple inflected form, ryhdyt functions grammatically within Finnish verb paradigms and reflects person and tense information typical of the language’s conjugation system.