-mme

Pronunciation

 * The first M is in the penultimate syllable of the verb forms, e.g. o·lem·me.
 * The first M is in the last syllable of the actual word, e.g. yh·ti·öm·me.
 * The first M is in the last syllable of the actual word, e.g. yh·ti·öm·me.


 * Pronounced as written. The first syllables of Finnish words are always stressed, so no emphasis on this.

Etymology 1
From, from *-k (marker for the present tense) + *-me (etymologically identical to , the first-person plural personal pronoun). In the past tense, there was originally -i- in place of -k- (*-imë) but the present suffix has been generalized to all tenses and moods.

Usage notes

 * Suffixed to the same stem that the first person singular has both in the present and the past tense, and in all moods.
 * Colloquially, the indefinite person is used instead of the actual first person plural. See and.

Etymology 2
From earlier *-nmëk, *-nmën, from dual suffix  +  (first-person plural pronoun) + dual suffix  or plural suffix. Compare 🇨🇬,.

Suffix

 * : our
 * : us
 * : us

Usage notes

 * The possessive suffix is compulsory in standard Finnish. In standard Finnish, the genitive form of the corresponding personal pronoun  before the main word can be omitted. In colloquial Finnish, the suffix  is very rare and only the genitive form  (or its colloquial or dialectal variants) is used before the main word.
 * The shortened sentences &mdash; except for the participle structures &mdash; pertain mainly to standard Finnish, not to spoken Finnish. It is also to be noticed that the shortened clauses are never separated from the main clauses with a comma.