kuuntelevat

Kuuntelevat is Finnish and serves as the third-person plural present indicative form of the verb kuunnella, meaning to listen. It translates to "they listen" or "they are listening" in English. The form is used with plural subjects and can refer to ongoing listening as well as general statements about listening behavior.

Conjugation (present indicative, all persons)

- minä kuuntelen

- sinä kuuntelet

- hän kuuntelee

- me kuuntelemme

- te kuuntelette

- he kuuntelevat

Usage notes

Kuuntelevat is a regular present-tense form within Finnish verb conjugation, derived from the stem kuuntele- plus the personal ending -vat. It can take direct objects in the partitive case when specifying what is being listened to, for example: he kuuntelevat musiikkia (they listen to music) or he kuuntelevat radiota (they listen to the radio). In Finnish, the present tense often covers both simple statements and ongoing actions, so context determines aspect.

Related forms

The base infinitive is kuunnella. Other present tense forms include kuuntelen, kuuntelet, kuuntelee, kuuntelemme, kuuntelette, and kuuntelevat. The root and suffixes reflect Finnish vowel harmony and regular verb conjugation patterns known to speakers of Finnish.

See also

Kuunnella as an entry point for understanding Finnish present tense conjugation and the broader patterns of Type I verbs in Finnish.