evakuoitiin

Evakuoitiin is a Finnish verb form meaning “was evacuated” or “were evacuated.” It is the past passive form of the verb evakuoida, which means to evacuate. The form is used when the agent performing the evacuation is unknown or not stated, focusing on the event of evacuation itself.

The past passive in Finnish is created by attaching the suffix -tiin to the verb stem, in this case evakuoi-, giving evakuoitiin. This construction is common in neutral, declarative reporting and narrative contexts, such as news reports, official statements, or descriptive text about safety procedures.

In use, evakuoitiin typically describes people or things being removed from danger to a safe location. Examples include evacuating residents during a natural disaster, refugees from a crisis area, or personnel from a hazardous site. The related noun evakuointi denotes the act or process of evacuation, while evakuoida is the active form “to evacuate.”

Examples:

- Hätätilanteen vuoksi kaupungin asukkaat evakuoitiin. (Because of the emergency, the city's residents were evacuated.)

- Molemmat rakennukset evakuoitiin turvallisuuden takaamiseksi. (Both buildings were evacuated to ensure safety.)

See also: evakuointi (evacuation), evakuoida (to evacuate), hätätilanne (emergency).