siirtyvät

Siirtyvät is a Finnish verb form: the third person plural present indicative of the verb siirtyä, meaning to move or shift. It is used when the subject themselves changes position or state, either physically moving from one place to another or transitioning to a new situation or phase. The form can be employed in literal senses (relocating) or figurative ones (advancing to a different role, period, or condition).

Siirtyä is intransitive, unlike the transitive siirtää, which takes a direct object and means to move something rather than oneself. Therefore siirtyvät typically describes an agent undergoing movement or change rather than causing movement of an object. Metaphorical uses are common, for example siirtyä uudelle uralle (to move onto a new career path) or siirtyä ensi viikolle (to be postponed to next week).

Conjugation notes: in present tense, the third person singular is siirtyy (he/she moves), while the third person plural is siirtyvät (they move). The form appears in various contexts with adverbial phrases such as penkiltä toiselle (from bench to bench) or uuteen asemaan (to a new position). Related nouns include siirtymä (transition, shift) and siirtyminen (the act of moving/transition).

Etymology and usage context: siirtyä derives from the root siirt- related to movement and shifting. The word is commonly found in everyday speech about relocation, changes in work or life, and in news or organizational language describing postponements or reassignments.

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