Hoitivat

Hoitivat is the third-person plural imperfect form of the Finnish verb hoitaa, meaning they took care of or they treated. It is used to describe past actions carried out by a group, and its nuances depend on the context: caring for people or things, or providing medical treatment, as well as managing or handling a task or project.

The primary senses of hoitaa are to take care of someone or something (nursing, supervising, managing) and to provide treatment or care in a professional sense (medical care, rehabilitation, or other services). Therefore hoitivat can refer to caregiving in everyday settings, such as hospitals, care facilities, or family contexts, as well as to formal tasks like administering treatment or overseeing work.

Common usage examples include: hoitivat potilaita (they took care of patients), hoitivat vanhuksia (they cared for elderly people), or hoitivat haavaa (they treated a wound). In a project or organizational context, hoitivat projektin loppuun (they saw the project through to the end) illustrates the broader sense of managing or completing a task.

Grammatical note: hoitivat is the plural past tense form, corresponding to a plural subject. In the language, the object case and definiteness of what is being cared for or treated can influence the exact form of the object, often appearing in the partitive case in indefinite contexts.

Overall, hoitivat conveys that a group performed care or treatment-related work in the past, across healthcare, caregiving, or managerial contexts.