ymmärsitte
Ymmärsitte is the second-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb ymmärtää, meaning to understand. It translates to "you understood" when addressing more than one person and is used in both spoken and written Finnish to refer to a moment in the past when a group understood something.
Formation and morphology: Ymmärtää is a regular verb of the -ä class. In the past tense, the
Usage notes: Ymmärsitte is used to describe a completed understanding at a past time, typically in narration,
- Te ymmärsitte, mitä tarkoitin. (You understood what I meant.)
- Siis, te ymmärsitte jo ohjeen ja aloititte työn. (So you understood the instruction already and started
Related forms include the present tense te ymmärrätte (you understand) and other person–number forms of ymmärtää,