Käydään

Käydään is the present passive form of the Finnish verb käydä, meaning to go, visit, or attend. In Finnish, the passive is used to express general statements, habitual actions, or impersonal observations that do not specify a subject. The form käydään is created from the verb stem käyd- with the present passive suffix -dään, a pattern common to many Finnish verbs.

Usage of käydään tends to be impersonal and non-subjective. It can present a general routine, such as what people do, or be used in an invitation or suggestion in everyday speech. For example,käydään kahvilla is often understood as “Let’s go for coffee” or, in a broader sense, “one goes for coffee.” The vous form can appear with -kö for questions, as in Käydäänkö kahvilla? meaning “Shall we go for coffee?”

Käydään is also used to describe habitual or recurring actions without naming a subject. For instance, Koulussa käydään joka päivä can translate as “We go to school every day” or more generally “One goes to school every day,” depending on context. The construction is frequently found in written and spoken Finnish when stating routine activities, attending events, or describing customary behavior.

In translation, käydään is often rendered as “one goes,” “people go,” or, in inviting contexts, “let’s go.” It is distinct from the active form käymme (we go) or käydään with a specific subject, where the sentence becomes clearly about who is performing the action.