Spoken first-person plural (me mennään)

The Spoken "We"

In everyday spoken Finnish (puhekieli), the standard first-person plural (forms ending in -mme) is almost never used. Instead, spoken Finnish replaces it with the word me followed by the passive form of the verb.

Making Suggestions: "Let's!"

To suggest an activity and say "Let's do something!" in Finnish, use the exact same spoken form (the passive) but simply drop the word me.

For example, me mennään means "we go", but the bare word Mennään! means "Let's go!".

To say "let's do this, and then we will do that," alternate between dropping me and keeping it.

"We Did": The Spoken Past Tense

The same rule applies when talking about the past. Instead of the standard -mme ending, spoken Finnish uses me plus the past passive form of the verb.

Just like in standard Finnish, you can drop the pronoun if the context makes it clear who is acting, especially when connecting two actions done by the same group.