keskitytään

Keskitytään is a Finnish verb form belonging to the verb keskittyä, meaning to focus or to concentrate. It is the passive present tense form, used in impersonal or general statements about focusing on a topic or task. In Finnish, the passive voice often conveys that an action is being done without specifying a subject, so keskitytään can translate roughly as “one focuses on,” “we focus on,” or “let us focus on,” depending on context.

Usage and function

keskitytään is commonly found in formal, instructional, or academic discourse. It is used to introduce the scope of attention or to guide readers toward particular aspects or questions. The form is versatile: it can present a general procedure, a plan, or a recommendation, and it can function as a hortative or exhortative expression when used with the right nuance, similar to “let us focus” in English.

Examples

- Keskitytään seuraaviin kysymyksiin. (We focus on the following questions / Let us focus on the following questions.)

- Tutkimuksessa keskittytään erityisesti käytännön sovelluksiin. (The study concentrates particularly on practical applications.)

- Tässä luvussa keskitytään teorian pääkohtiin. (In this section, the focus is on the main points of the theory.)

Relation to other forms

keskitytään derives from keskittyä (to focus) and is part of a broader set including keskittyminen (concentration) and keskittynyt (focused). The form illustrates Finnish’s impersonal or agent-relative use of passive voice to express focus without naming who is doing the focusing.