FinnishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Finnic *antadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ëmta-, cognate with eg. Estonian and, Northern Sami vuovdit (“to sell”), Komi-Zyrian уд (ud) and Hungarian ad.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
antaa
- (transitive) To give; to allow; to present, donate; to issue.
- Annoin Liisalle kukat.
- I gave Liisa flowers.
- Annoin Liisalle kukat.
- (transitive + genitive + infinitive) To let, allow, permit.
- Anna hänen mennä.
- Let him go.
- Anna hänen mennä.
- (transitive) To distribute, hand/pass out.
- (transitive) To grant, confer.
- (colloquial) To consent to have sex (with = allative).
Usage notesEdit
- (to consent to have sex): This usage means very often that the person consenting to have sex is the submissive party, not necessarily enjoying the activity that much.
ConjugationEdit
| indicative mood | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | annan | en annaˣ | 1st sing. | olen antanut | en oleˣ antanut |
| 2nd sing. | annat | et annaˣ | 2nd sing. | olet antanut | et oleˣ antanut |
| 3rd sing. | antaa | ei annaˣ | 3rd sing. | on antanut | ei oleˣ antanut |
| 1st plur. | annamme | emme annaˣ | 1st plur. | olemme antaneet | emme oleˣ antaneet |
| 2nd plur. | annatte | ette annaˣ | 2nd plur. | olette antaneet | ette oleˣ antaneet |
| 3rd plur. | antavat | eivät annaˣ | 3rd plur. | ovat antaneet | eivät oleˣ antaneet |
| passive | annetaan | ei annetaˣ | passive | on annettu | ei oleˣ annettu |
| past tense | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | annoin | en antanut | 1st sing. | olin antanut | en ollut antanut |
| 2nd sing. | annoit | et antanut | 2nd sing. | olit antanut | et ollut antanut |
| 3rd sing. | antoi | ei antanut | 3rd sing. | oli antanut | ei ollut antanut |
| 1st plur. | annoimme | emme antaneet | 1st plur. | olimme antaneet | emme olleet antaneet |
| 2nd plur. | annoitte | ette antaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte antaneet | ette olleet antaneet |
| 3rd plur. | antoivat | eivät antaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat antaneet | eivät olleet antaneet |
| passive | annettiin | ei annettu | passive | oli annettu | ei ollut annettu |
| conditional mood | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | antaisin | en antaisi | 1st sing. | olisin antanut | en olisi antanut |
| 2nd sing. | antaisit | et antaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit antanut | et olisi antanut |
| 3rd sing. | antaisi | ei antaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi antanut | ei olisi antanut |
| 1st plur. | antaisimme | emme antaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme antaneet | emme olisi antaneet |
| 2nd plur. | antaisitte | ette antaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte antaneet | ette olisi antaneet |
| 3rd plur. | antaisivat | eivät antaisi | 3rd plur. | ovisivat antaneet | eivät olisi antaneet |
| passive | annettaisiin | ei annettaisi | passive | olisi annettu | ei olisi annettu |
| imperative mood | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — |
| 2nd sing. | annaˣ | älä annaˣ | 2nd sing. | oleˣ antanut | älä oleˣ antanut |
| 3rd sing. | antakoon | älköön antakoˣ | 3rd sing. | olkoon antanut | älköön olkoˣ antanut |
| 1st plur. | antakaamme | älkäämme antakoˣ | 1st plur. | olkaamme antaneet | älkäämme olkoˣ antaneet |
| 2nd plur. | antakaa | älkää antakoˣ | 2nd plur. | olkaa antaneet | älkää olkoˣ antaneet |
| 3rd plur. | antakoot | älkööt antakoˣ | 3rd plur. | olkoot antaneet | älkööt olkoˣ antaneet |
| passive | annettakoon | älköön annettakoˣ | passive | olkoon annettu | älköön olkoˣ annettu |
| potential mood | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | antanen | en antaneˣ | 1st sing. | lienen antanut | en lieneˣ antanut |
| 2nd sing. | antanet | et antaneˣ | 2nd sing. | lienet antanut | et lieneˣ antanut |
| 3rd sing. | antanee | ei antaneˣ | 3rd sing. | lienee antanut | ei lieneˣ antanut |
| 1st plur. | antanemme | emme antaneˣ | 1st plur. | lienemme antaneet | emme lieneˣ antaneet |
| 2nd plur. | antanette | ette antaneˣ | 2nd plur. | lienette antaneet | ette lieneˣ antaneet |
| 3rd plur. | antanevat | eivät antaneˣ | 3rd plur. | lienevät antaneet | eivät lieneˣ antaneet |
| passive | annettaneen | ei annettaneˣ | passive | lienee annettu | ei lieneˣ annettu |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitives | participles | ||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||
| 1st | antaaˣ | present | antava | annettava | |||||
| long 1st2 | antaakseen | past | antanut | annettu | |||||
| 2nd | inessive1 | antaessa | annettaessa | agent1, 3 | antama | ||||
| instructive | antaen | — | negative | antamaton | |||||
| 3rd | inessive | antamassa | — | 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 | antamasta | — | |||||||
| illative | antamaan | — | |||||||
| adessive | antamalla | — | |||||||
| abessive | antamatta | — | |||||||
| instructive | antaman | annettaman | |||||||
| 4th | nominative | antaminen | |||||||
| partitive | antamista | ||||||||
| 5th2 | antamaisillaan | ||||||||
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- antaa anteeksi = to forgive; to condone
- antaa kaikkensa
- antaa periksi
- antaa turpaan
- antaa ymmärtää, että... = to intimate that...
- antaa ylen = to vomit, throw up; to throw over
- adjectives: antelias
- nouns: annos, antaja, anti, anto
- verbs: frequentative anniskella, reflexive antautua