Puhalletaan

Puhalletaan is a Finnish verb form that represents the present passive in the verb puhaltaa, meaning to blow. It translates roughly as "is blown" or "are blown" in English. The Finnish passive is used to describe actions without specifying the agent, allowing the process itself to be the focus.

In usage, puhalletaan appears in technical, instructional, and descriptive texts to convey processes where air or other substances are moved by blowing. Examples include ventilations systems, cleaning or dispersal operations, and various manufacturing or scientific contexts. The form is common in neutral, impersonal sentences such as “Ilmaa puhalletaan sisään” (Air is blown in) or “Savua puhalletaan pois” (Smoke is blown away).

Grammatically, puhalletaan is part of Finnish’s regular passive conjugation, formed from the root of puhaltaa with the standard passive ending -aan/-taan. It has related forms for other tenses and moods, such as puhallettiin (past passive) and puhallettaisiin (conditional passive). The corresponding active form is puhalläa/puhaltaa (to blow). The noun forms related to the action include puhallus (the act of blowing) and puhaltaminen (the act/process of blowing).

Puhalletaan is not a proper noun and does not denote a specific place or title; it is a grammatical form used across contexts where the method or result of blowing is being described. It is typical of Finnish technical and expository writing, reflecting the language’s tendency to foreground processes.