keräävät

Keräävät is Finnish for “they collect” and is the third-person plural present tense form of the verb kerätä, which means to gather or to collect. It is used when the subject of the sentence is a plural noun or a plural pronoun.

Grammatical notes: Kerätä is a regular Finnish verb, and its present tense forms follow the standard conjugation pattern. The full present tense forms are: minä kerään, sinä keräät, hän kerää, me keräämme, te keräätte, he keräävät. The form keräävät specifically marks that the subject is plural. Like other Finnish verbs, kerätä does not distinguish continuous aspect; the present tense covers both “collects” and “is collecting” in everyday usage.

Usage: Keräävät commonly appears in contexts involving physical collection, such as gathering items, as well as more abstract collection, like collecting data, donations, or memories. It is used with a direct object in the accusative/genitive case, for example: He keräävät marjoja metsässä (They collect berries in the forest) or Yritys keräävät varoja hyväntekeväisyyteen (The company collects funds for charity).

Related forms and common variants: The singular present form kerää is used with a singular subject (hän kerää). Related verbs include kerätä’s cognates and related expressions such as keräys (the act of collecting) or keräilystä (collecting as a hobby). The verb is commonly encountered in everyday Finnish, news, and writing when describing groups performing the action of gathering or accumulating something.

Examples:

- He keräävät marjoja torilla ja mökeillä.

- Niskat keräävät tietoja projektin edistymisestä.