puristetaan

Puristetaan is the present passive form of the Finnish verb puristaa, meaning to squeeze or press. It indicates that an action is performed on the subject by an unspecified agent, with the subject being acted upon. The form is commonly used to describe physical squeezing as well as processes in cooking, manufacturing, or any situation where something is subjected to pressing.

Morphology and usage: Puristetaan is created from the verb stem purista- plus the present passive ending -etaan/-tään, yielding a neutral, impersonal voice. It is typical in instructions, process descriptions, and factual statements about how something is produced or prepared. When a specific agent is named, the active voice is used instead (for example, me puristamme sitruunoita, we squeeze lemons).

Examples:

- Sitruuna puristetaan mehuksi. The lemon is squeezed to make juice.

- Hedelmä puristetaan puristimella mehun valmistamiseksi. The fruit is pressed with a juicer to produce juice.

Puristetaan thus serves as a standard tool in Finnish for reporting ongoing or general actions without specifying who performs them. See also Finnish passive voice and the verb puristaa for related forms and usage.