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syönyt

Syönyt is the past active participle of the Finnish verb syödä, meaning to eat. It is used mainly to form perfect tenses with the auxiliary olla (to have) and to indicate a completed action related to the present or a reference time. The participle itself does not encode person or number; the auxiliary verb conveys those grammatical categories.

Typical usage

- Singular: Olen syönyt. (I have eaten.)

- Singular with third person: Hän on syönyt. (He/She has eaten.)

- Plural: Olemme syöneet. (We have eaten.)

- Plural with second person: Olette syöneet. (You have eaten.)

- Plural third person: He ovat syöneet. (They have eaten.)

In addition to forming perfect tenses, syönyt can function as a predicative or attributive adjective in some

Syöty as passive form

There is a related form, syöty, which is the passive past participle of syödä. It is used

Etymology and construction

Syönyt is derived from the verb syödä with the common Finnish past active participle suffix -nyt.

See also

Syödä, Finnish grammar, Finnish participles.

contexts,
though
its
primary
role
is
in
periphrastic
constructions
with
olla.
in
passive
constructions
to
indicate
that
the
action
of
eating
has
been
performed
by
an
unspecified
agent.
For
example:
Ruoka
on
syöty.
(The
food
has
been
eaten.)
The
form
syöty
comes
from
a
parallel
passive
participle
pattern
with
the
suffix
-ty.
These
participles
participate
in
Finnish’s
large
system
of
non-finite
verb
forms
and
are
used
in
combination
with
auxiliary
verbs
to
express
aspect
and
voice.