kertoivat

In a sentence

• He kertoivat minulle tarinan.

  They told me a story.

  The word 'kertoivat' is the past tense of 'kertoa' (to tell) in the third person plural form, used here to indicate that a group recounted a story.

• Lehdessä kertoivat sääennusteesta.

  In the newspaper, they told about the weather forecast.

  Here, 'kertoivat' refers to the past action of reporting or informing in a context of news or media, still in the third person plural.

• Opettajat kertoivat oppilaille koulun uusista säännöistä.

  The teachers informed the students about the new school rules.

  In this sentence, 'kertoivat' describes the act of explaining or imparting knowledge about school rules by teachers, again in the past tense and third person plural.

• He kertoivat minulle uutisen.

  They told me the news.

  Here, 'kertoivat' is the third person plural past tense of the verb 'kertoa', meaning 'they told'. It indicates that the subject, 'he' (they), performed the action of telling something in the past.

• Kertoivatko oppilaat opettajalle ongelmasta?

  Did the students tell the teacher about the problem?

  In this interrogative sentence, 'kertoivatko' is in the third person plural past tense question form of 'kertoa', used to ask whether the students mentioned or reported something to the teacher.

• Vanhemmat kertoivat, että he ovat tulossa kylään.

  The parents said that they are coming to visit.

  In this sentence, 'kertoivat' is the third person plural past tense of 'kertoa' and is followed by a subordinate clause, indicating reported speech about future plans.