teitte

Teitte is a Finnish verb form used as the second-person plural past tense of the verb tehdä, which means to do or to make. It corresponds to the English “you did” or “you have done” when referring to a group. In Finnish, this form is part of the indicative mood and is one of several past tense conjugations for different subjects.

The standard past tense forms of tehdä are: minä tein, sinä teit, hän teki, me teimme, teitte, he tekivät. Thus teitte is specifically used when addressing more than one person. It appears in both questions and statements about past actions performed by the people being addressed. For example, Mitä teitte eilen? translates to “What did you (all) do yesterday?” and Teittekö sen? means “Did you (all) do that?”

Spelling and pronunciation notes are straightforward in Finnish. teitte is pronounced roughly as TEI-te, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It should not be confused with the form tiesitte (from tietää, to know), which looks similar but belongs to a different verb and meaning.

In usage, teitte is common in everyday speech and written Finnish when referring to collective action in the past. It is appropriate in casual conversation, reporting, and narrative contexts where the subject is a group. As with other Finnish verb forms, context and punctuation determine whether teitte is interpreted as a question or a statement.