pidennetään

Pidennetään is the present passive form of the Finnish verb pidentää, meaning to lengthen or extend. In usage, pidennetään expresses that something is being lengthened or is going to be lengthened, without specifying who is performing the action. The passive form is common in neutral, impersonal statements, official announcements, and planning contexts, where the agent is unknown or irrelevant.

In practice, pidennetään can refer to extending physical dimensions, time, or other measurable spans. It is often used in schedules, contracts, and project plans to indicate that a limit, period, or distance will be or has been increased. The nuance can be future-oriented, depending on accompanying words or context, for example in formal announcements or minutes: “Aikaa pidennetään kahdella viikolla” (The time will be extended by two weeks) or “Koulutuksen kesto pidennetään” (The duration of the training is extended).

Related forms include pidennettiin (past passive: was lengthened), pidennetty (lengthened, past participle), and pidennettävä (to be lengthened, participle form). The noun pidennys refers to the act or result of lengthening an extension.

See also related Finnish terms for extension and length, such as pidentäminen, which more generally denotes the act of lengthening in various contexts. In summary, pidennetään is a versatile, neutral passive form used to describe extensions that are planned, ongoing, or completed, without naming an agent.