Julkaisivat

Julkaisivat is a Finnish finite verb form. It represents the third-person plural imperfect indicative of the verb julkaista, meaning to publish or to issue. The form indicates that a publishing action was completed in the past by multiple subjects. In Finnish, the imperfect tense for plural subjects ends with the suffix that gives julkaisivat, and this form is distinct from the conditional mood, whose third-person plural would be julkaisisivat.

Use of julkaisivat occurs in narrative and reported statements, journalism, literature, and everyday speech to describe past publication events involving several agents. It can refer to the publication of newspapers, articles, reports, press releases, or other materials.

Examples:

- Sanomalehdet julkaisivat tiedotteen eilen. (The newspapers published the press release yesterday.)

- Kaksi yritystä julkaisivat yhteisen raportin. (Two companies published a joint report.)

Related forms include julkaista (to publish) in various tenses and moods, such as julkaisee (he/she publishes) in the present, julkaisevat (they publish) in the present plural, and julkaistu (published) as a past participle. The noun form julkaisu means publication, a related concept used for the act or process of publishing.