sijaitsevat

Sijaitsevat is the present tense, third-person plural form of the Finnish verb sijaita, meaning to be located. It is used to state that multiple subjects are located at a particular place or area, and it typically appears with a plural subject.

In grammar, sijaitsevat agrees with a plural subject in the nominative. The location is expressed with a location phrase, often in the inessive case or with a place-name phrase, such as kaupungin keskustassa or joen varrella. For example: Kaupungin museot sijaitsevat kaupungin keskustassa. Koulut sijaitsevat kaupungin laidalla. These constructions describe where several entities are situated.

The corresponding singular form is sijaitsee (he/she/it is located), used with a single subject. The past tense forms include sijaitsivat (they were located). The negative present uses ei sijaitse or ei sijaitsevat/eivät sijaitsevat, depending on number of subjects.

Sijaitsevat is common in descriptive, geographic, and encyclopedic writing, as well as on maps and travel guides, where it helps indicate the spatial distribution of places or facilities. It is a straightforward example of Finnish subject–verb agreement in the present and demonstrates how location phrases complement a verb of existence.