maksettiin

Maksettiin is the past tense passive form of the Finnish verb maksaa, meaning that something was paid. It translates to “was paid” or “were paid” in English. The sentence focuses on the fact that payment occurred, while the payer is often unspecified, making the phrase suitable for formal, impersonal, or report-like contexts such as invoices, contracts, or news reports.

In Finnish, the past passive is formed without an explicit agent by using the suffix -tiin. For maksaa, this yields maksettiin. Related forms include maksetaan, the present passive meaning “is paid,” and maksettu, the past participle meaning “paid” used as an adjective or in perfect constructions. These forms allow speakers to express payment events across different times and grammatical moods without naming the payer.

Common usage of maksettiin appears in financial reporting, billing communications, and official statements where the emphasis is on the occurrence of payment rather than who made it. It can appear in headlines, summaries, or clauses within longer texts.

Examples:

- Lasku maksettiin eilen. (The invoice was paid yesterday.)

- Lasku maksettiin ajoissa. (The invoice was paid on time.)

- Palkka maksettiin tämän kuun lopussa. (The salary was paid at the end of this month.)

Notes: maksettiin is distinct from maksettu, which describes something that has been paid or paid for, and from maksetaan, which describes something that is paid or will be paid in the present.