This is the 218th most frequent Finnish word.
meni
"Me ni" translates to "went" in English.
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.
Hän meni kauppaan ostamaan leipää.
He/she went to the store to buy bread.
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.
Elokuva meni hyvin, ja kaikki nauttivat siitä.
The movie went well, and everyone enjoyed it.
In this context, 'meni' conveys the passage of time, often associated with subjective experience, meaning 'went (by)' in terms of time.