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bongata
bongata
Finnish
Verb
bongata
- (slang) To spot (to see, find; to pick out, notice, locate or identify).
- To twitch (to spot or seek out a bird, especially a rare one).
Conjugation
| Inflection of bongata (Kotus type 73/salata, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | bongaan | en bongaa | 1st sing. | olen bongannut | en ole bongannut | |
| 2nd sing. | bongaat | et bongaa | 2nd sing. | olet bongannut | et ole bongannut | |
| 3rd sing. | bongaa | ei bongaa | 3rd sing. | on bongannut | ei ole bongannut | |
| 1st plur. | bongaamme | emme bongaa | 1st plur. | olemme bonganneet | emme ole bonganneet | |
| 2nd plur. | bongaatte | ette bongaa | 2nd plur. | olette bonganneet | ette ole bonganneet | |
| 3rd plur. | bongaavat | eivät bongaa | 3rd plur. | ovat bonganneet | eivät ole bonganneet | |
| passive | bongataan | ei bongata | passive | on bongattu | ei ole bongattu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | bongasin | en bongannut | 1st sing. | olin bongannut | en ollut bongannut | |
| 2nd sing. | bongasit | et bongannut | 2nd sing. | olit bongannut | et ollut bongannut | |
| 3rd sing. | bongasi | ei bongannut | 3rd sing. | oli bongannut | ei ollut bongannut | |
| 1st plur. | bongasimme | emme bonganneet | 1st plur. | olimme bonganneet | emme olleet bonganneet | |
| 2nd plur. | bongasitte | ette bonganneet | 2nd plur. | olitte bonganneet | ette olleet bonganneet | |
| 3rd plur. | bongasivat | eivät bonganneet | 3rd plur. | olivat bonganneet | eivät olleet bonganneet | |
| passive | bongattiin | ei bongattu | passive | oli bongattu | ei ollut bongattu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | bongaisin | en bongaisi | 1st sing. | olisin bongannut | en olisi bongannut | |
| 2nd sing. | bongaisit | et bongaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit bongannut | et olisi bongannut | |
| 3rd sing. | bongaisi | ei bongaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi bongannut | ei olisi bongannut | |
| 1st plur. | bongaisimme | emme bongaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme bonganneet | emme olisi bonganneet | |
| 2nd plur. | bongaisitte | ette bongaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte bonganneet | ette olisi bonganneet | |
| 3rd plur. | bongaisivat | eivät bongaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat bonganneet | eivät olisi bonganneet | |
| passive | bongattaisiin | ei bongattaisi | passive | olisi bongattu | ei olisi bongattu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | bongaa | älä bongaa | 2nd sing. | ole bongannut | älä ole bongannut | |
| 3rd sing. | bongatkoon | älköön bongatko | 3rd sing. | olkoon bongannut | älköön olko bongannut | |
| 1st plur. | bongatkaamme | älkäämme bongatko | 1st plur. | olkaamme bonganneet | älkäämme olko bonganneet | |
| 2nd plur. | bongatkaa | älkää bongatko | 2nd plur. | olkaa bonganneet | älkää olko bonganneet | |
| 3rd plur. | bongatkoot | älkööt bongatko | 3rd plur. | olkoot bonganneet | älkööt olko bonganneet | |
| passive | bongattakoon | älköön bongattako | passive | olkoon bongattu | älköön olko bongattu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | bongannen | en bonganne | 1st sing. | lienen bongannut | en liene bongannut | |
| 2nd sing. | bongannet | et bonganne | 2nd sing. | lienet bongannut | et liene bongannut | |
| 3rd sing. | bongannee | ei bonganne | 3rd sing. | lienee bongannut | ei liene bongannut | |
| 1st plur. | bongannemme | emme bonganne | 1st plur. | lienemme bonganneet | emme liene bonganneet | |
| 2nd plur. | bongannette | ette bonganne | 2nd plur. | lienette bonganneet | ette liene bonganneet | |
| 3rd plur. | bongannevat | eivät bonganne | 3rd plur. | lienevät bonganneet | eivät liene bonganneet | |
| passive | bongattaneen | ei bongattane | passive | lienee bongattu | ei liene bongattu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | bongata | present | bongaava | bongattava | ||
| long 1st2 | bongatakseen | past | bongannut | bongattu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | bongatessa | bongattaessa | agent1, 3 | bongaama | |
| instructive | bongaten | — | negative | bongaamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | bongaamassa | — | 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 | bongaamasta | — | ||||
| illative | bongaamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | bongaamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | bongaamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | bongaaman | bongattaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | bongaaminen | ||||
| partitive | bongaamista | |||||
| 5th2 | bongaamaisillaan | |||||