tähtäät

Tä̂htäät is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Finnish verb tähtää, meaning "you aim" or "you target." It is used to describe a subject (sinä) performing the action of aiming at something in the present tense.

The verb tähtää covers both literal and figurative senses: literally to aim a weapon, tool or gaze at a physical target (e.g., tähtäät maalia kohti, "you aim toward the goal") and figuratively to set a goal or direct efforts toward an objective (e.g., tähtäät parempaan uraan, "you aim for a better career"). The form tähtäät agrees with the standard personal pronoun sinä.

Basic present-tense conjugation of tähtää: minä tähtään, sinä tähtäät, hän tähtää, me tähtäämme, te tähtäätte, he tähtäävät. Related nouns include tähtäin ("sight" or "scope") and tähtäys ("aiming"), which derive from the same root and are commonly used in technical and metaphorical contexts.

Stylistically, tähtäät is neutral and frequent in everyday Finnish, sports commentary, military contexts, and discussions about goals or plans. Common collocations include tähtäät + illative (mihin?) to indicate the target and tähtäät + prepositional phrases when specifying direction or purpose. Translations into English typically render tähtäät as "you aim" or "you are aiming," depending on context.