Tutkimme

Tutkimme is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb tutkia, meaning to examine, investigate, or study. It denotes that the speaker and others are currently performing the action. In Finnish, verb forms carry information about person and number; the ending -mme marks the 1st person plural, so tutkim e becomes tutkim e for “we examine.”

Usage of tutkimme is common in everyday language as well as formal writing when describing a group carrying out an investigation or analysis. It can refer to activities in research, journalism, education, or ordinary problem-solving. For example, Me tutkimme tilannetta means “We are examining the situation,” and Me tutkimme aineistoa means “We are studying the data.”

The term is closely related to the noun tutkimus, which means research or a study as a concept. Tutkimme, being a verb form, is used to express an action carried out by the subject “we.” Other present-tense forms of tutkia include tutkin (I examine), tutkit (you examine), tutkii (he/she examines), tutkitte (you all examine), and tutkivat (they examine).

In summary, tutkim e is the plural, present-tense verb form used to describe a collective examination or study, distinct from the noun tutkimus which denotes the activity itself as a concept.