lennäisivät

Lennäisivät is the conditional mood, third-person plural form of the Finnish verb lentää, which means "to fly". This grammatical form expresses a hypothetical or potential action of flying by multiple subjects.

In Finnish grammar, the conditional mood is used to convey uncertainty, possibility, or a hypothetical situation. It is often translated into English using auxiliary verbs like "would" or "could". The suffix "-is-" typically marks the conditional mood in Finnish verbs. The "-ivät" ending signifies the third-person plural subject, meaning "they".

Therefore, "lennäisivät" would be used in a sentence to describe a situation where multiple entities (e.g., birds, planes, abstract concepts like dreams) might fly, but are not necessarily doing so. For example, "Jos heillä olisi siivet, linnut lennäisivät kauemmas" translates to "If they had wings, the birds would fly farther." The usage of "lennäisivät" implies a condition or circumstance that would enable or cause the flying action. It is a common construction in Finnish for discussing potential scenarios or counterfactual situations.