Finnish edit

Etymology edit

< pystyä

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyɡeː/, [ˈbyɡe̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -yɡeː
  • Syllabification(key): by‧gee

Verb edit

bygee (slang, Helsinki slang)

  1. Synonym of pystyä (to be able to)

Conjugation edit

Since this term is slang, the following table uses slang forms and morphology. Only some forms are used in practice.

indicative
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. bygeen en bygee 1st sing.
2nd sing. bygeet et bygee 2nd sing.
3rd sing. bygee ei bygee 3rd sing.
1st plur. 1st plur.
2nd plur. 2nd plur.
3rd plur. 3rd plur.
passive passive
past pluperfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. bygesin en bygenny 1st sing.
2nd sing. bygesit et bygenny 2nd sing.
3rd sing. byges ei bygenny 3rd sing.
1st plur. 1st plur.
2nd plur. 2nd plur.
3rd plur. 3rd plur.
passive passive
conditional
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. bygeisin en bygeis 1st sing.
2nd sing. bygeisit et bygeis 2nd sing.
3rd sing. bygeis ei bygeis 3rd sing.
1st plur. 1st plur.
2nd plur. 2nd plur.
3rd plur. 3rd plur.
passive passive
imperative
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. 1st sing.
2nd sing. 2nd sing.
3rd sing. 3rd sing.
1st plur. 1st plur.
2nd plur. 2nd plur.
3rd plur. 3rd plur.
passive passive
potential
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. 1st sing.
2nd sing. 2nd sing.
3rd sing. 3rd sing.
1st plur. 1st plur.
2nd plur. 2nd plur.
3rd plur. 3rd plur.
passive passive
Nominal forms
infinitive participle
active passive active passive
I present
long I2 past
II inessive1 agent1, 4
instructive negative
III inessive 1) Usually with a possessive suffix.

2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural.
3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).
4) Does not exist in the case of intransitive verbs. Do not confuse with nouns formed with the -ma suffix or the 3rd infinitives.

elative
illative
adessive
abessive
instructive
IV3
V