Pysähtymään

Pysähtymään is a Finnish verb form related to the verb pysähtyä, meaning to stop or come to a halt. The word conveys stopping movement, pausing progress, or interrupting an action. In practice, pysähtymään appears as a non-finite infinitive form that can express purpose or intention in combination with other verbs, or describe stopping in order to do something.

Usage and examples: In everyday Finnish, the basic verb to stop is pysähtyä. The form pysähtymään is used in certain non-finite constructions, often to indicate the purpose of stopping. For example, a speaker might say päätin pysähtymään kuuntelemaan, meaning “I decided to stop to listen.” The precise nuance depends on context, and speakers frequently use pysähtyä in many situations where stopping is the main action.

Grammar and related forms: Pysähtyä is an intransitive verb with ordinary finite forms (present: pysähdyn, pysähdyt, pysähtyy, etc.; past: pysähdyin, pysähtyit, pysähtyi, etc.). The past participle is pysähtynyt. The non-finite form pysähtymään is thus related to the root and is used in subordinate or purposive clauses. Distinguishing between pysähtyä (to stop) and pysäyttää (to stop something) is important for correct usage.

Related terms: pysähdys (a stoppage or halt), pysähtyminen (the act or process of stopping), and pysäyttää (to stop, halt something or someone). These forms share a common root but serve different syntactic roles in Finnish.

See also: pysähdys, pysähtyä, pysäyttää, pysähtyminen.