kadottavat

Kadottavat is a Finnish verb form meaning they lose or they cause to lose. It is the third-person plural present tense of the verb kadottaa, which means to lose something or to cause someone to lose something. Kadottaa is transitive and governs a direct object, the form of which can be definite or indefinite depending on the sentence.

Usage notes: Kadottavat is used to describe actions performed by multiple subjects. It can refer to a simple, factual loss (for example, misplacing an item) or to a repeated or habitual loss in a given context. Example: He kadottavat avaimensa joka päivä. This translates roughly as "They are losing their keys every day." The object of kadottaa is typically a possessed noun (for example avaimensa “their keys”), with the possessor indicated by the appropriate possessive suffix.

Conjugation context: Other present tense forms of kadottaa include kadotan (I lose), kadotat (you lose), kadotamme (we lose), kadotatte (you all lose), and kadottavat (they lose). The infinitive form is kadottaa, and the present participle is kadottava. The noun form kadottaminen (the act of losing) and related derivatives are used to discuss the concept of loss in more abstract terms.

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