vierailit

Vierailit is a Finnish verb form meaning “you visited.” It is the second-person singular past tense form of the verb vierailla, which means to visit or to pay a visit. In Finnish, past tense forms for the second person singular are built by adding the appropriate ending to the verb stem; vierailit corresponds specifically to the you (singular) form in the past.

Morphology and related forms:

- Base verb: vierailla (to visit)

- Past tense, second person singular: vierailit (you visited)

- Other related past forms: vieraili (he/she visited), vierailitte (you visited, plural), vierailin (I visited)

- The corresponding noun form vierailut means visits, while vierailija refers to a visitor.

Usage:

Vierailit is used in narratives, conversations, and any context addressing one person in the past tense. It signals that the action of visiting happened previously. It should not be confused with the plural past form vierailitte, which means “you (all) visited.” It also contrasts with the present tense forms such as vierailet (you visit) and the 1st person forms like vierailen (I visit) and vierailin (I visited).

Examples:

- Eilen sinä vierailit kaupungin museossa. (Yesterday you visited the city museum.)

- Kun tapasimme, sinä vierailit hänen luonaan. (When we met, you visited at his place.)

See also:

- vierailut (visits, as a noun)

- vierailla (to visit)