Keräät

Keräät is the second-person singular present tense form of the Finnish verb kerätä, meaning to collect or to gather. The word is used when describing the act of gathering items, data, or resources. In Finnish, kerätä is a transitive verb and requires a direct object.

Conjugation and usage: In present indicative, the forms are: minä kerään, sinä keräät, hän kerää, me keräämme, te keräätte, he keräävät. Therefore keräät is used when addressing someone directly as "you collect." The verb belongs to the common pattern of Finnish -ä verbs, and its forms align with standard subject-person endings.

Examples:

- Sinä keräät lehtiä puutarhasta. (You collect leaves from the garden.)

- Hän kerää tilastoja tutkimusta varten. (He/She collects statistics for the study.)

- Me keräämme tietoja vuosikertomusta varten. (We collect data for the annual report.)

Etymology and usage notes: Keräätä derives from a Finnish root associated with gathering or collecting and forms part of everyday Finnish. The term is widely used across contexts, from physical collection (objects, souvenirs) to abstract collection (data, information). It is interchangeable with related verbs like koota in some contexts, though kerätä often emphasizes the act of assembling items into a group or set. Regional dialects may exhibit minor pronunciation or usage variations, but keräät remains a standard, widely understood form in contemporary Finnish.