pyöräilemään

Pyöräilemään is a Finnish verb form, the illative infinitive of pyöräillä, meaning to go cycling or to cycle. It expresses the intended action or direction of going to perform the activity, often in combination with verbs of motion such as mennä or lähteä.

Form and usage. The base verb is pyöräillä (to bicycle). The illative infinitive is pyöräilemään, created by adding the illative suffix -mään/-maan to the stem. It is used to introduce or describe an upcoming or intended cycling action, typically in non-finite clauses or after verbs of motion. For example, Miehen menee pyöräilemään. or Hän lähti pyöräilemään aamulla. In everyday language it can appear in sentences like: Menen pyöräilemään illalla.

Relation to related forms. Pyöräilemään differs from pyöräillä in that it denotes going to perform the activity (often as part of a plan or movement), whereas pyöräillä is the plain infinitive or the basic action of cycling. The noun form for the activity is pyöräily.

Grammar notes. Illative infinitives in Finnish are used to express direction toward an action or purpose and often follow verbs of movement or intention. The pronunciation and spelling align with standard Finnish phonology, and the form remains consistent across person and tense when used in non-finite clauses.

See also. Finnish verbs, illative case, illative infinitive, pyöräillä, pyöräily.