Piirtetään

Piirtetään is the present passive form of the Finnish verb piirtää, meaning "to draw" or "to sketch." It expresses that the action of drawing is performed on an object without specifying who performs it. In Finnish, the passive voice is a common grammatical tool used to present information in an impersonal or general way, especially in descriptions of processes, instructions, or explanations.

Morphology and usage: The form is created by attaching the appropriate passive ending to the stem piirt- (with phonological adjustments typical of Finnish). The subject is often omitted; the thing being drawn—such as a diagram, map, plan, or illustration—appears as the syntactic subject. The agent can be introduced with a separate phrase if needed, for example when specifying who draws or what tool is used.

Contexts: It appears in education, textbooks, manuals, and technical writing, as well as in everyday language when the speaker wants to emphasize the action rather than the doer. It is also used in impersonal statements to convey instructions or norms: what should be done rather than who should do it.

Translation: In English, piirtetään is commonly translated as "is drawn" or "are drawn." The exact interpretation depends on context, because the Finnish passive does not align with English verb-number marking in the same way.

See also: Finnish language, Finnish grammar, Passive voice, piirtää.