tulleet

Tulleet is the plural past participle form of the Finnish verb tulla, meaning to come. It is used primarily in compound tenses with the auxiliary olla (to be) to indicate that people or things have arrived or come. The form can also function as a past participial adjective in the plural, describing nouns that have come.

In standard Finnish, the past participle for singular subjects is tullut; for plural subjects it becomes tulleet. This form agrees with the subject in number and often with the noun it modifies when used attributively. For example, with the auxiliary olla: olemme tulleet (we have come) and he ovat tulleet kotiin (they have come home). The participle can also appear in a nominal phrase to express “the [people] who have come,” as in tulleet vieraat (the guests who have come).

Common usage notes:

- Olemme tulleet and He ovat tulleet kotiin are typical past-presence constructions denoting arrival.

- Tulleet can modify a noun in plural: tulleet vieraat (the guests who have come), tulleet ihmiset (the people who have come).

- The opposite tense or form is tulevat (will come) for future arrival, and tullut/tullutta as other participial forms for different grammatical roles.

See also:

- tullut, the singular past participle form

- tulla, the verb itself

- olla, the auxiliary used in Finnish perfect tenses

Tulleet thus serves as a key grammatical marker for completed arrivals in multiple subjects and as an adjective indicating people or things that have already come.

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