kuuntelemassa
Kuuntelemassa is the present active participle of the Finnish verb kuunnella, meaning to listen. It is formed from the verb stem kuuntele- plus the participial suffix -massa, yielding kuuntelemassa. This non-finite form marks the action of listening as being in progress and is commonly used with the auxiliary olla to express a continuing action, similar to the English present continuous.
In practice, kuuntelemassa is most often found in clauses that use a finite auxiliary, as in Olen
The form is one of several non-finite participial structures in Finnish. It belongs to the family of
See also: Finnish grammar, present active participle, non-finite verb forms, olla + participle constructions.