The indicative forms (present tense and past tense) were described in previous sections.
The indicative mood is used much like in English. It is the basic mood and presents things as factual or, in future forms, as intended or probable. More generally, it is used whenever conditions for using another mood are not met.
In Finnish, there is nothing corresponding to the English subjunctive. The indicative is used instead. For example, English uses the subjunctive “stay” instead of “stays” in “It is important that he stay at home”, but in Finnish, normal indicative is used: On tärkeää, että hän pysyy kotona.