Viestimään

Viestimään is a Finnish verb form derived from viestiä, meaning to inform, communicate, or report. As a non-finite form, viestimään is used in certain grammatical constructions to express the act of delivering information to others. It often appears in formal or written Finnish and in clauses where the purpose or intention of informing is being indicated.

Usage notes follow common patterns in Finnish. Viestimään can occur in sentences where someone is set to inform others about something, or where informing is part of a larger purpose. It frequently appears with auxiliary verbs or verbs that express coming or going, such as tulla or mennä, to indicate that the informing will take place. It can also appear in clauses introduced by verbs like pyytää (to ask) or ohjeistaa (to instruct), where informing is the requested action. In everyday speech, speakers more commonly use the finite forms viestiä (to inform) or tiedottaa (to notify), while viestimään remains more typical in formal writing or official communications.

Examples of meaning include informing the public about a decision, notifying stakeholders about changes, or delivering a message to another party. The form emphasizes the act of conveying information rather than the act of communicating in general.

Etymology and related forms: viestimään comes from viestiä, the noun viesti (a message, a communication). Related terms include viesti, viestintä (communication), and tiedottaa (to inform or notify).

See also: viesti, viestintä, tiedottaa, informoida.