kuulustellaan
Kuulustellaan is a Finnish verb form meaning “is being interrogated” or “are being interrogated.” It is the present passive form of kuulustella, which means “to interrogate” or “to question.” In Finnish, the passive voice often places the focus on the action and its recipient rather than on who performs it, so kuulustellaan identifies the person or group under interrogation without naming the interrogator. The present passive is formed from the verb stem kuulustell- plus the passive suffix, producing kuulustellaan.
Kuulustellaan is commonly used in legal, police, and journalistic contexts to describe ongoing questioning by authorities
- Hänet kuulustellaan poliisiasemalla. (He/She is being interrogated at the police station.)
- Epäiltyä kuulustellaan koko yön. (The suspect is being interrogated all night.)
- Todistaja kuulustellaan aamulla. (The witness is being questioned in the morning.)
The form kuulustellaan denotes present tense in the passive mood; it does not specify number, since Finnish
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