käyttämässä

Käyttämässä is a Finnish word that functions as a partitive plural form of the present active participle of the verb "käyttää" which means "to use". Therefore, "käyttämässä" literally translates to "in the act of using" or "using". It describes a situation where someone or something is currently engaged in the process of utilizing an object, tool, concept, or resource.

This form is often used to indicate an ongoing action. For example, "Hän oli kirjassa käyttämässä" would mean "He was using the book". The context of the sentence clarifies what is being used and by whom. It is a common grammatical construction in Finnish, essential for expressing present continuous actions in relation to usage. The word itself doesn't carry a specific object or subject; these are determined by the surrounding sentence structure. Its grammatical role is to modify a noun or pronoun, indicating their state of active utilization at a particular moment.