mahtaa
Finnish
(index ma)
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈmɑxt̪ɑːˣ]
- Rhymes: -ɑhtɑː
- Hyphenation: mah‧taa
Verb
mahtaa
- (intransitive, auxiliary + infinitive) must do, to probably (do)
- (transitive) to be able to, can do (about something = allative)
- En mahda sille mitään.
- There's nothing I can do about it.
- I can't help it.
- En mahda sille mitään.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mahtaa (type kaivaa)
| indicative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | mahdan | en mahda | 1st sing. | olen mahtanut | en ole mahtanut |
| 2nd sing. | mahdat | et mahda | 2nd sing. | olet mahtanut | et ole mahtanut |
| 3rd sing. | mahtaa | ei mahda | 3rd sing. | on mahtanut | ei ole mahtanut |
| 1st plur. | mahdamme | emme mahda | 1st plur. | olemme mahtaneet | emme ole mahtaneet |
| 2nd plur. | mahdatte | ette mahda | 2nd plur. | olette mahtaneet | ette ole mahtaneet |
| 3rd plur. | mahtavat | eivät mahda | 3rd plur. | ovat mahtaneet | eivät ole mahtaneet |
| passive | mahdetaan | ei mahdeta | passive | on mahdettu | ei ole mahdettu |
| past | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | mahdoin | en mahtanut | 1st sing. | olin mahtanut | en ollut mahtanut |
| 2nd sing. | mahdoit | et mahtanut | 2nd sing. | olit mahtanut | et ollut mahtanut |
| 3rd sing. | mahtoi | ei mahtanut | 3rd sing. | oli mahtanut | ei ollut mahtanut |
| 1st plur. | mahdoimme | emme mahtaneet | 1st plur. | olimme mahtaneet | emme olleet mahtaneet |
| 2nd plur. | mahdoitte | ette mahtaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte mahtaneet | ette olleet mahtaneet |
| 3rd plur. | mahtoivat | eivät mahtaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat mahtaneet | eivät olleet mahtaneet |
| passive | mahdettiin | ei mahdettu | passive | oli mahdettu | ei ollut mahdettu |
| conditional | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | mahtaisin | en mahtaisi | 1st sing. | olisin mahtanut | en olisi mahtanut |
| 2nd sing. | mahtaisit | et mahtaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit mahtanut | et olisi mahtanut |
| 3rd sing. | mahtaisi | ei mahtaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi mahtanut | ei olisi mahtanut |
| 1st plur. | mahtaisimme | emme mahtaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme mahtaneet | emme olisi mahtaneet |
| 2nd plur. | mahtaisitte | ette mahtaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte mahtaneet | ette olisi mahtaneet |
| 3rd plur. | mahtaisivat | eivät mahtaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat mahtaneet | eivät olisi mahtaneet |
| passive | mahdettaisiin | ei mahdettaisi | passive | olisi mahdettu | ei olisi mahdettu |
| imperative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | – | – | 1st sing. | – | – |
| 2nd sing. | mahda | älä mahda | 2nd sing. | ole mahtanut | älä ole mahtanut |
| 3rd sing. | mahtakoon | älköön mahtako | 3rd sing. | olkoon mahtanut | älköön olko mahtanut |
| 1st plur. | mahtakaamme | älkäämme mahtako | 1st plur. | olkaamme mahtaneet | älkäämme olko mahtaneet |
| 2nd plur. | mahtakaa | älkää mahtako | 2nd plur. | olkaa mahtaneet | älkää olko mahtaneet |
| 3rd plur. | mahtakoot | älkööt mahtako | 3rd plur. | olkoot mahtaneet | älkööt olko mahtaneet |
| passive | mahdettakoon | älköön mahdettako | passive | olkoon mahdettu | älköön olko mahdettu |
| potential | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | mahtanen | en mahtane | 1st sing. | lienen mahtanut | en liene mahtanut |
| 2nd sing. | mahtanet | et mahtane | 2nd sing. | lienet mahtanut | et liene mahtanut |
| 3rd sing. | mahtanee | ei mahtane | 3rd sing. | lienee mahtanut | ei liene mahtanut |
| 1st plur. | mahtanemme | emme mahtane | 1st plur. | lienemme mahtaneet | emme liene mahtaneet |
| 2nd plur. | mahtanette | ette mahtane | 2nd plur. | lienette mahtaneet | ette liene mahtaneet |
| 3rd plur. | mahtanevat | eivät mahtane | 3rd plur. | lienevät mahtaneet | eivät liene mahtaneet |
| passive | mahdettaneen | ei mahdettane | passive | lienee mahdettu | ei liene mahdettu |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | participle | ||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||
| I | mahtaa | present | mahtava | mahdettava | |||||
| long I | mahtaakseen 2 | past | mahtanut | mahdettu | |||||
| II | inessive | mahtaessa 1 | mahdettaessa | agent | mahtama1, 3 | ||||
| instructive | mahtaen | – | negative | mahtamaton | |||||
| III | inessive | mahtamassa | – | 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. |
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| elative | mahtamasta | – | |||||||
| illative | mahtamaan | – | |||||||
| adessive | mahtamalla | – | |||||||
| abessive | mahtamatta | – | |||||||
| instructive | mahtaman | mahdettaman | |||||||
| IV | nominative | mahtaminen | |||||||
| partitive | mahtamista | ||||||||
| V | mahtamaisillaan 2 | ||||||||
Synonyms
- (to must) taitaa
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
mahtaa
- Third-person singular indicative present form of mahtaa.
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