Examples of using "Jäivät" in a sentence and their english translations:
Everybody stayed.
They stayed late.
- Everyone stayed standing.
- Everyone remained standing.
They were caught red-handed.
They remained sitting there.
They got off at the next bus stop.
They were stuck for hours in a traffic jam.
He caught them stealing apples.
- They were caught red-handed.
- They got caught red-handed.
They got stuck.
- Ouch! I stuck my finger in the door!
- Ouch! My finger got caught in the door.
- They got out of the bus and walked two kilometres in the hot sun.
- They got off the bus and walked two kilometers in the hot sun.
They survived, even though the building was destroyed.