ymmärrät

Ymmärrät is a Finnish verb form meaning "you understand." It is the second-person singular present indicative of ymmärtää, the native Finnish verb meaning to understand. The present tense of ymmärtää runs: minä ymmärrän, sinä ymmärrät, hän ymmärtää, me ymmärrämme, te ymmärrätte, he ymmärtävät. Ymmärrät is used to describe the listener’s understanding in declarative sentences, for example “Ymmärrät sen nyt” (You understand that now).

In questions, Finnish often uses the question particle -kö/-kö, giving forms like “Ymmärrätkö?” to ask whether someone understands. In casual speech, Ymmärrät? can also function as a short question. The form is strictly indicative; its imperative forms are ymmärrä (singular) and ymmärtäkää (plural).

Usage notes: Ymmärrät commonly takes direct or clause-bound complements, such as “Ymmärrät, miksi tämä tehdään?” or “Ymmärrät sen, kun näet sen.” It is frequently found in both spoken and written Finnish and is part of everyday vocabulary.

Etymology and related forms: Ymmärrät derives from the Finnish verb ymmärtää, a core Finnic verb meaning to understand. It is a native word, not borrowed from other languages. Related forms appear across Finnic languages, with cognates in languages such as Estonian and others, though exact forms differ.

See also: ymmärtää, ymmärräminen, Finnish verb conjugation.