viittasi

Viittasi is a Finnish verb form meaning "referred" or "pointed to" and is the third-person singular imperfect (past tense) of viitata, the verb meaning "to refer," "to indicate," or "to cite." It is used when describing that someone referred to a source, a statement, or a matter in the past.

In written Finnish, viittasi commonly appears in academic, journalistic, and official texts. It can describe direct references to sources, as in "Artikkeli viittasi aiempaan tutkimukseen," or more indirect indications, such as "viittasi siihen, että..." It may carry nuances of citing a source or pointing to an argument or piece of evidence.

Grammatically, viittasi is a finite verb form that agrees with the subject in person and number (for example, "hän viittasi"). The construction is typically followed by a reference noun (lähteeseen, tutkimukseen) or a clause introduced by "että" expressing what was referred to.

Related terms include viite (reference, citation) and viitata (to refer). In contrast to present-tense forms like viittaa, viittasi situates a past act of referring within a sentence.