Vähennämme

Vähennämme is the 1st person plural present indicative form of the Finnish verb vähentää, meaning to reduce or decrease. It is used to express that “we” are taking action to lower a quantity or level.

Grammatical notes: Vähennämme is a finite, active-voice verb form. The subject is implicit and refers to the speaker and others (we). The object in sentences with this verb is often in the partitive case when the amount being reduced is not definite, for example päästöjä or kustannuksia. The verb can be combined with various objects to describe reductions in emissions, costs, numbers, or risks, among other things.

Usage: The form is common in organizational, governmental, and environmental communications, as well as in everyday speech, whenever a collective effort to reduce something is being stated. It appears in statements like Vähennämme päästöjä tänä vuonna or Vähennämme kustannuksia järkevällä suunnittelulla. It functions to convey a proactive policy or action plan and is frequently paired with quantifiable targets.

Related terms: The noun vähentäminen denotes the act or process of reducing, while vähennys refers to a reduction or decrease. Other related verb forms include vähentää (infinitive), vähensimme (past tense), and vähentäminen (gerund/noun form).

See also: vähentäminen, vähennystavoitteet, päästöjen vähentäminen.