Tukemaan

Tukemaan is the long infinitive form of the Finnish verb tukea, formed with the suffix -maan or -mään added to the verb stem tuk-. This form functions as a non-finite verb that means “to support” and is used in constructions where the action of supporting is the content of another clause.

In Finnish grammar, the long infinitive (tukemaan) appears in combinations with other verbs, especially to express coming or going to perform the action, or to indicate purpose within a clause. It can occur after verbs of movement or intention, such as tulla (to come) and mennä (to go), where it denotes the act of coming or going in order to support something or someone. For example: Hän tulee tukemaan projektia. (He will come to support the project.) Hän päätti tulla tukemaan meitä. (He decided to come to support us.)

Tukemaan can also appear in other non-finite clauses where the action of supporting is the main idea of the subordinate clause. It is not the dictionary form used for plain statements; instead, it serves to express connected actions, purposes, or intentions within larger sentences.

Related forms include tuki (support) as a noun, tukea as the basic verb, and tukeminen (the act of supporting) as a nominalization. The long infinitive is one of several Finnish infinitive variants, alongside the short infinitive, each serving specific syntactic roles.