halukas
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
halukas (comparative halukkaampi, superlative halukkain)
- inclined, eager, willing
- Oletko halukas lähtemään huomenna Turkuun?
- Are you willing to travel to Turku tomorrow?
Usage notes edit
That to which one is willing is in illative case. The verb form of lähteä is active third infinitive, which is formed with -ma, -mä suffix from the stem of the verb. In the example above:
- "to leave" = lähteä (“to leave, go”) > lähte- + -mä + -än (illative ending)
Halukas can be used also attributively but is postponed if accompanied by a pronoun (joku halukas tulee).
Declension edit
Inflection of halukas (Kotus type 41*A/vieras, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | halukas | halukkaat | |
genitive | halukkaan | halukkaiden halukkaitten | |
partitive | halukasta | halukkaita | |
illative | halukkaaseen | halukkaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | halukas | halukkaat | |
accusative | nom. | halukas | halukkaat |
gen. | halukkaan | ||
genitive | halukkaan | halukkaiden halukkaitten halukastenrare | |
partitive | halukasta | halukkaita | |
inessive | halukkaassa | halukkaissa | |
elative | halukkaasta | halukkaista | |
illative | halukkaaseen | halukkaisiin halukkaihinrare | |
adessive | halukkaalla | halukkailla | |
ablative | halukkaalta | halukkailta | |
allative | halukkaalle | halukkaille | |
essive | halukkaana | halukkaina | |
translative | halukkaaksi | halukkaiksi | |
abessive | halukkaatta | halukkaitta | |
instructive | — | halukkain | |
comitative | — | halukkaine |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “halukas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02