Ohitetaan

Ohitetaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb ohittaa. It conveys that an action is performed on a subject by an unspecified agent, without naming who carries it out. The verb ohittaa has several related senses, most notably to overtake (in traffic) and to bypass, omit, or ignore (in a procedural, evaluative, or descriptive context). The same passive form can express different meanings depending on the context.

In traffic language, ohitetaan often describes a vehicle being overtaken by another: for example, Auto ohitetaan turvallisesti means “The car is overtaken safely.” In non-traffic contexts, it denotes that something is bypassed, omitted, or not taken into account: Kysymykset ohitetaan can be translated as “The questions are bypassed/omitted,” and Virheet ohitetaan as “The errors are ignored/omitted in the assessment.”

Usage notes:

- Ohitetaan is impersonal in form; the agent performing the action is usually not stated.

- The exact nuance—overtaking, bypassing, or ignoring—depends on the surrounding words and domain (traffic, procedures, evaluation, documentation).

Related terms include ohittaa (the active verb), ohitus (bypass, overtaking as a noun), and ohittaminen (the act of bypassing or overtaking). Understanding ohitetaan relies on identifying whether the sentence refers to a physical overtaking in movement or a figurative bypass or omission in a process or assessment.

In summary, ohitetaan functions as a flexible present passive form indicating that someone or something is being overtaken, bypassed, or omitted, with meaning guided by context.