No. 218 in Finnish
meni
"Me ni" translates to "went" in English.
In a sentence
Hän meni kauppaan ostamaan leipää.
He/she went to the store to buy bread.
In this sentence, 'meni' is the past tense of the verb 'mennä', meaning 'to go', and it indicates an action of going from one place to another that happened in the past.
Elokuva meni hyvin, ja kaikki nauttivat siitä.
The movie went well, and everyone enjoyed it.
Here, 'meni' is used in a more figurative sense to describe the success or outcome of the event, meaning 'went' in the context of how it proceeded.
Päivä meni nopeasti töitä tehdessä.
The day passed quickly while working.
In this context, 'meni' conveys the passage of time, often associated with subjective experience, meaning 'went (by)' in terms of time.
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