Sytyttivät
Sytyttivät is the third-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb sytyttää, meaning to light or ignite. It is used when the subject of the sentence is plural and the action of lighting has already occurred. The corresponding singular past tense forms are sytytti (he/she lit) and sytytin (I lit).
Grammar and usage notes: sytyttää is a transitive verb that takes a direct object representing what is
- He sytyttivät nuotion. (They lit the campfire.)
- He sytyttivät kynttilät pöydälle. (They lit the candles on the table.)
- Polttoaineen pato sytytti tulen, ja valot sytyttivät koko huoneen. (The fuel leak ignited the fire, and
- sytyttää and related verbs in Finnish verb paradigms
- syttyä, the intransitive form meaning to catch fire or ignite itself
In summary, sytyttivät is a standard Finnish past-tense form used when multiple subjects perform the act of