siivottiin
Siivottiin is the past passive form of the Finnish verb siivota, meaning "to clean." It is used to indicate that cleaning was performed on a subject, without specifying who did the cleaning. In English, it corresponds to "was cleaned" or "were cleaned." The passive construction does not state the agent; the context or other sentence elements determine who carried out the action, if that is important.
Formation and grammar: The past passive suffix in Finnish appears as -ttiin in this verb form, yielding
Usage notes: Siivottiin is common in descriptive or reporting contexts, instructions, and talk about events where
Related forms: The participle siivottu means "cleaned" and is used as an adjective or in compound tenses,
See also terms include siivous (cleaning), siivoaja (cleaner), and other verbs related to housekeeping and maintenance.