tietääks

The word "tietääks" is a Finnish grammatical form. It is the illative singular form of the third infinitive of the verb "tietää," which means "to know." The illative case in Finnish generally indicates movement into a place or state. Therefore, "tietääks" literally translates to "into knowing" or "to know."

In Finnish grammar, the third infinitive is often used to express purpose or a subsequent action. When combined with the illative ending, "tietääks" functions as a subordinate clause connector, similar to "in order to know" or "so as to know" in English. It typically precedes a verb or a phrase that describes the purpose of an action.

For example, in the sentence "Hän tuli tänne tietääks totuuden" (He came here to know the truth), "tietääks" indicates the purpose of his coming. The structure highlights the intention behind an action. While "tietääks" itself is a single word, it conveys a nuanced meaning related to the intention of gaining knowledge. It is a common construction in spoken and written Finnish, demonstrating the agglutinative nature of the language where grammatical functions are expressed through suffixes attached to a base word.