sairastuivat
Sairastuivat is the third-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb sairastua, which means to fall ill or to become sick. The verb is intransitive and describes the onset of illness in a person or animal. The form sairastuivat indicates that a group or multiple subjects became ill in the past.
Usage of sairastuivat appears in narrative and reporting contexts, such as news, health bulletins, school or
- Useat koululaiset sairastuivat influenssaan viime viikolla. Translation: Several schoolchildren fell ill with influenza last week.
- Tutkimukseen osallistuneet sairastuivat koronan vuoksi, ja tutkimus jouduttiin keskeyttämään. Translation: Those who participated in the study
Etymology and related forms: sairastua is formed from a root related to sickness and the derivational suffix