Viestittivät

Viestittivät is the third-person plural past imperfective form of the Finnish verb "viestiä." The verb "viestiä" generally translates to "to communicate," "to convey a message," or "to message." Therefore, "viestittivät" specifically refers to a past action where a group of people (they) were in the process of communicating or sending messages over a period of time.

This form is used to describe ongoing or repeated communication in the past. For example, one might say "He ja hänen ystävänsä viestittivät koko illan" which means "He and his friends were messaging all evening." The imperfective aspect emphasizes the duration or repetitive nature of the action, rather than a completed event. It suggests that the communication was not a single, instantaneous act but rather something that occurred over a span of time. The root "viesti" itself relates to a message, making the verb's meaning directly tied to the act of transmitting information.