kerään

Kerään is a Finnish verb form meaning “I collect” or “I gather.” It is the first-person singular present indicative of the verb kerätä, which describes the act of collecting, gathering, or assembling items, data, or people.

Grammatical properties

Kerään is a finite verb form used in the present tense, indicating the speaker as the agent. It is transitive when used with a direct object in the partitive form in Finnish (for example, kerään marjoja). The stem of the verb is kerä-, and the present tense endings attach to form the first-person singular as kerään. Other present-tense forms of kerätä include sinä keräät, hän kerää, me keräämme, te keräätte, he keräävät.

Conjugation (present indicative)

- minä kerään

- sinä keräät

- hän kerää

- me keräämme

- te keräätte

- he keräävät

Usage notes

Kerää can describe physical gathering, such as berries, mushrooms, or firewood (minä kerään marjoja), as well as abstract collection, including information, funds, or people (kerätä tietoja, kerätä rahaa, kerätä väkeä). The object often appears in the partitive case (e.g., marjoja, tietoja) when the action is ongoing or incomplete, and in the accusative or genitive for completed or indefinite quantities.

Related forms

The infinitive is kerätä; the noun forms include keräys (the act or process of collecting) and kerääjä (collector). The verb is native to Finnish and forms part of daily vocabulary in both practical and metaphorical contexts.

See also

kerätä, keräys, kerääminen.