Tykkäävät

Tykkäävät is the third-person plural present tense form of the Finnish verb tykätä, meaning “to like.” It is used when the subject is plural, as in “he tykkäävät” (they like). The verb tykätä is common in everyday language and is considered colloquial; in more formal contexts speakers may prefer phrased alternatives such as “pitävät” (they like) or constructions with “pitää jostakin.” The present plural form follows standard Finnish conjugation: minä tykkään, sinä tykkäät, hän tykkää, me tykkäämme, te tykkäätte, he tykkäävät.

In Finnish, the object of tykkäävät is usually in the partitive case, reflecting the unspecified or partial nature of liking. For example: “He tykkäävät jäätelöstä” (They like ice cream). Similarly, “Nämä kappaleet” could become “Nuo kappaleet… tykkäävät.” The construction is flexible with different subjects and objects, and tyyppiasut (slang variants) are common in informal speech.

Etymology and register: the verb tykätä is a widely used colloquial form for “to like.” Its exact origin is not completely settled, but it is generally treated as a standard part of modern Finnish vocabulary and is often linked to everyday speech. In formal writing, speakers may opt for “pitää jostakin” or other phrasing depending on nuance.

Overall, tykkäävät functions as a natural, everyday way to express that a group of people likes something, with the typical object in partitive form.