viihtyvät

Viihtyvät is the third-person plural present tense form of the Finnish verb viihtyä. The verb means to feel comfortable, to enjoy oneself, or to be at ease in a place or situation. It is commonly used to describe people or animals that are content with their surroundings or company.

In use, viihtyä is an intransitive verb: the subject experiences the sense of comfort or enjoyment, and there is no direct object. The form viihtyvät specifically refers to “they” in the present time, as in sentences like “Lapset viihtyvät puistossa” (The children are enjoying themselves in the park) or “He viihtyvät uudessa kaupungissa” (They are fitting in well in the new city).

Related grammatical forms include the singular present viihtyy, the past tense viihtyi / viihtyivät, and the noun viihtyminen, which denotes the act or state of feeling comfortable or enjoying oneself. In everyday Finnish, viihtyä is commonly used to describe social ease, pleasant environments, and positive reception to people or places.

See also: other Finnish verbs describing states of comfort or enjoyment, such as viihtyä in different tenses, and the noun viihtyminen for discussions of comfort or enjoyment in various contexts.