Kosketetaan

Kosketetaan is a Finnish verb form. It is the present passive of the transitive verb koskettaa, which means to touch, to contact, or to affect emotionally. In Finnish, the passive form is used when the performer of the action is unknown or not specified, so kosketetaan can be translated as “is touched” or “are touched,” depending on the subject.

Morphology and use: The active infinitive koskettaa forms the stem kosketta-. The present passive is created with the suffix -taan/-ään, yielding kosketetaan. The exact interpretation depends on context: it can describe physical contact, such as something being touched by someone, or more abstract effects, such as events or experiences that touch people emotionally.

Typical contexts: Kosketetaan appears regularly in manuals, safety notices, and descriptive writing where the agent is not named. It is common in instructional or general statements: for example, “Ihoa kosketetaan varoen lääkärin toimesta” (The skin is touched carefully by the doctor). It is also used to express that something affects or concerns people: “Tämän tapahtuman kaltaiset asiat koskettavat monia.” In everyday speech, koskettaa (active) is more common when specifying who or what causes the touch or influence.

Relation to related terms: koskettaa is the root verb meaning to touch or to affect. kosketus is the noun form for touch or contact, and kosketin can refer to a key, contact switch, or a touch-related device, depending on the context.

Overall, kosketetaan functions as a neutral, general-purpose passive form used to describe contact or influence without stating an agent, fitting well in formal, instructional, and descriptive Finnish discourse.