repäisivät
Repäisivät is a Finnish verb form that conveys the action of tearing, ripping, or shredding something. The base verb is repäistä, which is an intransitive and transitive verb depending on context. Repäisivät is the third person plural present tense, so it translates to “they tear” or “they are tearing.” It is used in both literal and figurative contexts. Literally, it can describe the act of tearing paper, cloth, or fabric. Figuratively, it can refer to the breaking of emotionally charged ties or the destruction of social bonds, such as in the phrase “suhteita repäisivät” meaning “relationships that tear apart.” The verb is irregular in that it breaks the standard consonant gradation pattern; the stem is repäi- and the gerund is repäisy.
In written and spoken Finnish, repäisivät may appear in literature to evoke intensity, especially in descriptions
The form is conjugated with the present tense marker -t and the plural pronoun connection, yielding repäisivät.
Repäisivät functions as a versatile linguistic tool, allowing speakers to describe both tangible acts of ripping