Matkustamme

Matkustamme is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb matkustaa, meaning "we travel" or "we are travelling." It is formed from the verb stem matkusta- with the personal ending -mme, which marks the subject as first-person plural.

As a form of a type I Finnish verb, matkustamme occurs in everyday speech and writing to describe the ongoing or habitual action of traveling by a group that includes the speaker. The full present conjugation of matkustaa is: minä matkustan, sinä matkustat, hän matkustaa, me matkustamme, te matkustatte, he matkustavat. The negative present is expressed with the negative auxiliary: emme matkusta ("we do not travel"). The impersonal or passive form matkustetaan is used for general statements ("people travel" or "it is travelled").

Usage spans literal travel (by plane, train, car, etc.) and broader senses such as commuting or moving between places; it also appears in idiomatic or figurative contexts. Example sentences include Me matkustamme usein työmatkoilla ("We often travel on business trips") and Tänä kesänä matkustamme Eurooppaan ("This summer we are travelling to Europe").

Pronunciation follows Finnish phonology: [ˈmɑtkustɑmme]. Related forms include the past plural matkustimme ("we travelled") and the negative emme matkustaneet in past. The form is regular and widely used in both formal and colloquial Finnish.