Evakuoimaan
Evakuoimaan is the second infinitive form of the Finnish verb evakuoida, meaning to evacuate. It represents the action in a non-finite infinitive with the suffix -maan/-mään, a grammatical form used in certain constructions where another verb governs the action. In everyday Finnish, the basic infinitive evakuoida is more common, but evakuoimaan appears in specific contexts, often after verbs like auttaa or opettaa, or in purpose- or manner-focused phrases.
- Hän auttoi evakuoimaan asukkaat rakennuksesta. (He helped evacuate the residents from the building.)
- Koulutuksessa opetettiin evakuoimaan ihmiset turvallisesti. (In the training, people were taught to evacuate people safely.)
- Evakuoimaan is not the dictionary form; the dictionary form is evakuoida. The second infinitive is typically
- Other related forms include evakuoitu (past participle, evacuated) and evakuoiva (evacuating).
- Evakuoida and its second infinitive evakuoimaan are loanwords derived from the English evacuate, often via Swedish