pysäyttivät

Pysäyttivät is the third-person plural past active indicative form of the Finnish verb pysäyttää, which means "to stop" or "to halt." This grammatical form indicates that a group of subjects performed the action of stopping or halting at some point in the past. For example, one might say "Hevoset pysäyttivät juoksunsa" meaning "The horses stopped their running." The verb pysäyttää can be used in various contexts, from physically stopping a vehicle or a person to halting a process or an action. The plural past tense form implies that multiple entities were responsible for the stopping action. Understanding the conjugation of Finnish verbs like pysäyttää is crucial for constructing grammatically correct sentences in the language. The suffix "-ttivät" is characteristic of the third-person plural past active indicative for verbs ending in "-ttää."