sammutimme

Sammutimme is the first-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb sammuttaa, meaning to extinguish or to switch off. It functions as a finite verb in the indicative mood and is used to describe a completed action performed by the speaker and at least one other person.

In Finnish, sammuttaa is a transitive verb with a regular conjugation pattern for the past tense. The form sammutimme is used with the subject yhteistyö or a plural subject like “we.” Other related forms include sammutin (I extinguished), sammutit (you extinguished), and sammutti (he or she extinguished). The infinitive is sammuttaa, and the past participle is sammutettu.

Sammutimme is commonly used in everyday language to describe literal extinguishing of fires, lights, or other sources of energy. For example: “Sammutimme valot ennen poistumista,” meaning “We turned off the lights before leaving.” The phrase can also appear in narrative or descriptive contexts to convey a completed action by a group.

Nuance and usage notes: Finnish distinguishes person and number distinctly in verb forms, and sammutimme clearly indicates that more than one person performed the action. The verb is versatile and can be used in both practical instructions and descriptive storytelling. While primarily literal, the verb can appear in metaphorical expressions where an energy source or momentum is brought to an end, though such usage remains context-dependent.

See also: sammuttaa, sammutus, extinguish in Finnish.