suostutti

Suostutti is a Finnish verb form. It is the third-person singular imperfect (past tense) form of the causative verb suostuttaa, which means to persuade or induce someone to consent to an action or decision. As a finite verb, suostutti appears in statements about past events where one person caused another to agree to something.

In usage, suostuttaa conveys manipulation or persuasion rather than neutral agreement. The form suostutti is used only when the subject is he, she, or it (or a singular entity) performing the action in the past. The corresponding present tense is suostuttaa (he/she/it persuades). The object of the action is typically expressed with a personal pronoun in the accusative (e.g., minut, hänet).

Grammatical notes: Finnish verbs in the perfect and pluperfect tenses would use forms like on suostuttanut or oli suostuttanut, depending on aspect, but suostutti specifically marks a past, completed act by a singular subject. Passive or other voices related to suostuttaa use the standard Finnish conjugation patterns for causative verbs.

Examples:

- Hän suostutti minut allekirjoittamaan sopimuksen. (He persuaded me to sign the contract.)

- Hän suostutti heidät osallistumaan kokoukseen. (He persuaded them to attend the meeting.)

See also:

- suostua, to consent or agree

- suostuttaminen, the act of persuading

- houkutella, to entice or lure (related nuance)