löytyvät

Löytyvät is a Finnish verb form meaning "are found" or "are located." It is the third-person plural present tense of the intransitive verb löytyä, which conveys existence, discovery, or placement. The form is used when referring to multiple objects whose presence or location is being stated, making it common in descriptive, cataloging, and instructional text.

Usage and examples

Löytyvät is used to describe where several items can be found or what items are present in a collection. Examples include:

- Rakennukset löytyvät kartalta. (The buildings are located on the map.)

- Kohteet löytyvät tästä luettelosta. (The sites can be found in this list.)

In Finnish, löytyä and its forms often appear in neutral, declarative sentences such as notices, inventories, guides, and maps. The plural form löytyvät matches a plural subject and a location or source after it.

Related forms and etymology

Related words include löytäminen (the act of finding), löytäjä (finder), and löytö (a find, discovery). The verb läytyy and similar derivatives share the semantic field of discovery and location. Löytyä and its forms are connected to these words through their common root referring to finding or being found. The noun löytö (a find) underscores the link between discovery and positioning that löytyä conveys in sentence use.

Notes

Löytyvät is typically used in descriptive contexts rather than in ongoing, dynamic actions. It frequently appears in instructional, cataloging, and reference materials to indicate the presence or location of multiple items.