ehtyvät

Ehtyvät is a Finnish verb form that appears as the present tense, third-person plural form of the verb ehdyä. The core meaning of ehdyä is to have enough time to do something or to manage to do it before a deadline. As such, ehtyvät is used when referring to multiple subjects who are able to complete an action within a given time frame.

In usage, ehtyä expresses capability or feasibility under time constraints. It can convey both punctual attainment (arriving or finishing on time) and the general sense of having time available to perform an action. Because Finnish verbs carry information about subject, tense, and aspect in a compact system, ehtyvät often appears with an infinitive verb following to indicate the action being accomplished, for example, "he ehtyvät lukea kirjan" meaning they manage to read the book.

Grammatical note: ehtyvät is one of several present-tense plural forms formed from ehdyä. Like other Finnish finite verb forms, it agrees with the subject in person and number, while the following infinitive describes the action in question. The form contrasts with the singular present "ehdyt/ehdiä" forms and with past forms such as "ehtivät," which indicate that time to complete the action occurred in the past.

See also: ehdyä, Finnish verb conjugation, Finnish grammar.

Examples:

- He ehtyvät saapua ajoissa. (They manage to arrive on time.)

- He ehtyvät saada työn valmiiksi ennen määräaikaa. (They manage to finish the work before the deadline.)

Ehtyvät is primarily used in standard Finnish, both in spoken and written contexts, to describe multiple subjects’ ability to act within a time limit.