maksoivat
Maksoivat is the third-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb maksaa, which means to pay or to cost depending on context. In Finnish, maksaa is used transitively, with the object indicating what is paid or what costs. The corresponding forms include maksoin (I paid), maksoit (you paid), maksoi (he/she/it paid), maksoimme (we paid), maksoitte (you all paid), and maksoivat (they paid). When maksaa is used in the sense “to cost,” maksoivat is used with a plural subject, for example, “Nämä tuotteet maksoivat 20 euroa” (These products cost 20 euros).
- Maksoivat appears in narratives or descriptions where the subject is plural and the action of paying
- In the sense of price, the singular form is maksoi (it cost), while the plural form maksoivat
- He maksoivat laskun eilen. (They paid the bill yesterday.)
- Ne maksoivat laskut eilen. (They paid the invoices yesterday.)
- Nämä tuotteet maksoivat 20 euroa. (These products cost 20 euros.)
- maksaa covers both “to pay” and “to cost” in present and other tenses.
- The verb is common in everyday Finnish and appears in both spoken and written language.