harjoittavat

Harjoittavat is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb harjoittaa, meaning to practice, train, or drill. It is used to describe actions carried out by multiple subjects in the present. For example: He harjoittavat urheilua joka päivä. They practice sports every day.

Harjoittaa belongs to Finnish verbs that express performing an activity to improve skill or proficiency. The form harjoittavat ends with the suffix -vat, which signals third-person plural present tense in Finnish and reflects vowel harmony in the word’s ending.

The word is connected to related forms such as harjoitus (practice, drill, exercise) and harjoittelu (training or practice as a process). The present active participle is harjoittava (singular) and is used as an adjective to describe someone who is currently practicing, for example, harjoittava pelaaja (a player who is practicing).

In usage, harjoittavat appears in a variety of contexts, including sports, music, language learning, and professional tasks, whenever the subject is plural and the action is ongoing. The nuance typically conveys habitual or regular practice, as opposed to a single, completed act. Time adverbs such as joka päivä (every day) or säännöllisesti (regularly) are commonly used to reinforce this meaning.