säilytit

Säilytit is the second person singular past tense form of the Finnish verb säilyttää, meaning to store, preserve, or keep. As a finite verb form, säilytit indicates that the addressed person performed the action of keeping or storing something in the past. It is used in narrative or conversational contexts to describe a completed action by “you.”

Conjugation context and related forms: säilyttää is the infinitive; present tense second person singular is säilytät (you keep). The imperfect (past) forms include säilytin (I stored), säilytit (you stored), säilytti (he/she stored), säilytimme (we stored), säilytititte (you all stored), andsäilyttivät (they stored). The form säilytit appears specifically for the second person singular past tense.

Usage notes: säilytit is commonly used in everyday Finnish to refer to past actions of keeping or storing items, information, or conditions. It can carry both a literal sense (store food, documents) and a figurative sense (keep a secret, maintain a practice). In questions, the form can appear with the question particle -ko or -kö, e.g., Säilytitkö ruokaa? (Did you store food?)

Examples:

- Säilytitkö ruokaa jääkaapissa?

- En tiedä, jos säilytit ne kaikki aiemmin.

- Hän sanoi, että säilytit tärkeät asiakirjat turvassa.

Säilytit is a specific grammar form rather than a standalone lexical entry; the base verb is säilyttää. The related, frequently used present form säilytät and imperative säilytä provide the complementary forms needed for everyday speech.