Paahdetaan

Paahdetaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb paahdata, meaning to roast. It expresses that roasting is carried out, without specifying the actor. The form is commonly used to describe processes, instructions, and general statements where the doer is unknown or unimportant. In Finnish, the present passive is built from the verb stem with the suffix -taan/-tään, and paahdetaan corresponds to “is roasted” or “are roasted.”

Usage and examples can be found in product descriptions, manuals, and labels. For instance, kahvi paahdetaan tehtaalla means “coffee is roasted at the factory,” and pähkinät paahdetaan ennen myyntiä means “the nuts are roasted before sale.” The passive can imply routine or official steps within a production process, rather than a specific individual's action.

Paahdetaan contrasts with paahdettu, the past participle meaning “roasted,” used in phrases like paahdettu kahvi to denote a coffee that has already been roasted. Related terms include paahdin, the roaster device, and paahdettu as an adjective form. The verb and its passive form are typical in Finnish for describing processing stages in food production and other contexts where the agent is not stated.