Siirsivät

Siirsivät is Finnish, the third-person plural past tense form of the verb siirtää, meaning to move or transfer. It indicates that a plural subject performed a moving or transferring action in the past. The verb can refer to physically relocating objects, transferring data or funds, or shifting a topic in a discussion.

In grammar, siirsivät is an indicative form used with a plural subject. It is derived from the infinitive siirtää (to move/transfer). The form shows a completed past action and is commonly used in both written and spoken Finnish. Depending on the context, the object of siirtää can be in the accusative or partitive case, reflecting whether the action is viewed as complete or ongoing/repetitive.

Usage examples:

- He siirsivät pöydän olohuoneesta toiseen. (They moved the table from the living room to another room.)

- He siirsivät rahaa pankkitililtä toiselle. (They transferred money from one bank account to another.)

- He siirsivät keskustelun toiseen aiheeseen. (They shifted the discussion to another topic.)

Etymology and related forms:

The verb siirtää belongs to the Finnish verb system and is derived from the stem siirt-. Siirsivät is one of several past tense forms; other persons and numbers use siirsi (3rd singular), siirsit (2nd singular), siirsimme (1st plural), siirsitte (2nd plural), and so on. The word stresses the language’s identification of person and number in past actions.