Tarjottiin

Tarjottiin is a Finnish verb form that means “was offered” or “were offered.” It is the past passive form of tarjota (to offer). In Finnish, the passive voice is used when the actor who performs the action is unknown or unimportant, or when the emphasis is on the action itself rather than who performed it.

The form is created by adding the past passive ending -tiin to the verb stem, yielding tarjottiin. It typically governs objects in the partitive case, such as kahvia, pullaa, vettä, etc. The agent of the offering is usually omitted, as is common in Finnish passive constructions. For example: Tilaisuudessa tarjottiin kahvia ja pullaa. Vieraille tarjottiin kahvia. Ei tarjottu mitään.

Tarjottiin is frequently encountered in news reporting, event descriptions, hospitality, and everyday narration where the focus is on what was offered rather than who offered it. The related active form is tarjota (to offer), and related passive forms include tarjottu (offered, as a participle) and tarjontaa (offerings, as a noun in some contexts).

See also: tarjota, tarjottu, tarjonta.