Vievät

Vievät is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb viedä, meaning “to take away,” “to carry away,” or “to transport.” It is used when the subject performing the action is plural, such as “they.”

In Finnish, viedä forms its present tense as vien, viet, vie, viemme, viette, vievät. The form vievät corresponds to the English “they take away” or “they carry away.” The spelling with ä in vievät (vievät) reflects Finnish phonology and orthography.

Usage notes

Vievät is used with plural subjects in everyday statements about taking or carrying something away. It can refer to physically removing items, transporting them to a different location, or more figurative removals in certain contexts. The verb is often combined with directional or locative expressions, such as kotiin (home), pois (away), or varastoon (to the storage).

Examples

They carry the furniture away: He vievät huonekalut pois. They take the goods home: He vievät tavarat kotiin. Children take their toys with them when they go outside: Lapset vievät lelujaan mukanaan, kun lähtevät ulos.

Etymology and form

Vievät is derived from the infinitive viedä. It demonstrates Finnish verb conjugation patterns where the stem viedä changes to vie- in the present tense, with the plural ending -vät. The form is a standard part of Finnish grammar for expressing plural present actions of the verb “to take away.” See also: viedä (infinitive).

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