ryömivät

Ryömivät is a Finnish verb form, the third-person plural present indicative of ryömiä, meaning to crawl or creep. The form is used when describing multiple subjects moving close to the ground, often on hands and knees, but it can also apply to animals or insects that inch along surfaces. In everyday usage it can refer to people, children, or animals crawling in a variety of contexts, such as seeking shelter, exploring, or moving slowly.

Conjugation and usage: Finnish verbs change with person and number in the present tense. The present tense forms of ryömiä are: minä ryömin, sinä ryömit, hän ryömi, me ryömimme, te ryömitte, he ryömivät. Thus ryömivät explicitly marks that the subject is plural and performing the action in the present moment. Finnish typically expresses aspect without a dedicated progressive marker, so ryömivät simply means “they crawl” or “they are crawling.”

Semantics and related forms: The core meaning centers on low-to-ground movement. The associated noun for the activity is ryömiminen, referring to crawling as a skill or action, and ryömiä is the verb you would use to describe the act in sentences. The term can apply to human movement as well as to animals that crawl.

See also: ryömiminen (the act of crawling). For broader movement verbs in Finnish, see walking (kävely) and crawling-related terms within the same semantic field.