synnyimme

Synnyimme is the first-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb syntyä, meaning to be born or to originate. It is used to describe the birth of people or the origin of groups, events, or ideas when the subject is “we.” The verb syntyä is intransitive and can be used in literal and figurative contexts.

In practical use, synnyimme appears in narrative or biographical writing to refer to the collective birth or origin of a person or group. Example: Syntyimme vuonna 1990. The root is shared with related forms such as syntyminen (birth or emergence) and syntynyt (born, a past participle used in compound tenses).

Conjugation in the simple past tense (indicative) is: minä synnyin, sinä synnyit, hän syntyi, me synnyimme, te synnyitte, he syntyivät.

Etymology: The verb derives from Proto-Finnic *syntyä, related to the noun syntymä (birth) and the concept of origin expressed by synty. Its semantic field covers both literal birth and the emergence or formation of movements, cultures, or institutions.

Notes: Synnyimme is most common in narrative or historical writing. For ordinary statements about personal birth, speakers typically use the corresponding past tense forms (minä synnyin, sinä synnyit, hän syntyi, etc.). The term also connects to broader family members in Finnish, such as synty, syntymä, and syntyä, which share the same root and theme of origin.