muokkavat

Muokkavat is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb muokata, meaning to modify or edit. In standard Finnish, the correct present plural form is muokkaavat; muokkavat is commonly considered a misspelling or informal variant that appears in everyday writing and some dialectal or regional contexts.

Morphology and formation: muokata supplies the stem muokka-, to which the present-tense plural ending -vat is added, yielding muokkaavat. Because muokkavat lacks the expected a in the stem before the -vat, it is typically treated as nonstandard in formal Finnish.

Usage: muokkavat is used to refer to a group of people or things that modify or edit something. It is transitive, taking a direct object: muokkaavat tekstiä (they modify the text), muokkaavat kuvia (they edit the pictures), muokkaavat asetuksia (they modify the settings). In formal writing, the standard form muokkaavat should be used to avoid misspelling.

Context and notes: The verb muokata is common across domains, including journalism, computing, design, and everyday language. When writing about collaborative editing on platforms or in documentation, prefer muokkaavat for grammatical correctness. Some language checkers may flag muokkavat as nonstandard.

Related forms: muokkaa (present singular), muokkauksen (genitive/partitive forms), muokkaaminen muokkaukset (nouns related to editing or modification), and muokkauksen.

See also: muokkaus, muokkaaminen, muokkausprosessi, muokkain (modifier in computing contexts).