valvoivat

Valvoivat is the third-person plural past tense form of the Finnish verb valvoa, meaning "they supervised" or "they oversaw." It is used in active voice to describe ongoing or completed supervision or monitoring by multiple subjects.

In usage, valvoivat appears in news, official reports, and narrative texts when referring to groups such as authorities, managers, or supervisors who oversee operations, compliance, safety, or performance. The verb can describe overseeing work, events, processes, or regulations, and it is common in contexts ranging from workplace supervision to law enforcement or government oversight.

Grammatically, valvoivat is an imperfect (past) indicative form. The base verb valvoa has other forms such as valvoi (3rd person singular past), valvon (present first-person singular), valvovat (present third-person plural), and valvota (passive or other forms). Valvoivat specifically marks a plural subject in the past tense in active voice.

Examples:

- Hallituksen jäsenet valvoivat tilannetta koko päivän. (The members of the government supervised the situation all day.)

- Poliisin valvojat valvoivat liikennettä kaupungin keskustassa. (The police officers monitored traffic in the city center.)

Related terms include valvoa (to supervise/monitor) and valvoja (supervisor/inspector). The form valvoivat is a common past-tense construction in Finnish, used to convey that a group carried out oversight activities in the past.