Nukuivat
nukuivat is a Finnish word that translates to "they slept" in English. It is the third-person plural past tense form of the verb nukkua, meaning "to sleep". The word is used to describe a group of people or animals who were asleep. For example, "Lapset nukuivat sikeästi" means "The children slept soundly". In Finnish grammar, verbs change their form depending on the subject and tense. Nukuivat is a common verb conjugation and is frequently encountered in written and spoken Finnish when referring to past events involving multiple subjects sleeping. The word itself is relatively simple in its construction, being a direct past tense conjugation of the base verb. Understanding its usage is key to comprehending narratives and descriptions of past states of rest in the Finnish language.