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kadottaa
kadottaa
Finnish
(index ka)
Verb
kadottaa
- (transitive) To lose (to cause to cease to be in one's possession or capability due to unfortunate or unknown circumstances/events/reasons).
- (transitive) To lose, make vanish (to voluntarily make something disappear).
Conjugation
| Inflection of kadottaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kadotan | en kadota | 1st sing. | olen kadottanut | en ole kadottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kadotat | et kadota | 2nd sing. | olet kadottanut | et ole kadottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kadottaa | ei kadota | 3rd sing. | on kadottanut | ei ole kadottanut | |
| 1st plur. | kadotamme | emme kadota | 1st plur. | olemme kadottaneet | emme ole kadottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kadotatte | ette kadota | 2nd plur. | olette kadottaneet | ette ole kadottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kadottavat | eivät kadota | 3rd plur. | ovat kadottaneet | eivät ole kadottaneet | |
| passive | kadotetaan | ei kadoteta | passive | on kadotettu | ei ole kadotettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kadotin | en kadottanut | 1st sing. | olin kadottanut | en ollut kadottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kadotit | et kadottanut | 2nd sing. | olit kadottanut | et ollut kadottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kadotti | ei kadottanut | 3rd sing. | oli kadottanut | ei ollut kadottanut | |
| 1st plur. | kadotimme | emme kadottaneet | 1st plur. | olimme kadottaneet | emme olleet kadottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kadotitte | ette kadottaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kadottaneet | ette olleet kadottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kadottivat | eivät kadottaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kadottaneet | eivät olleet kadottaneet | |
| passive | kadotettiin | ei kadotettu | passive | oli kadotettu | ei ollut kadotettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kadottaisin | en kadottaisi | 1st sing. | olisin kadottanut | en olisi kadottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kadottaisit | et kadottaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kadottanut | et olisi kadottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kadottaisi | ei kadottaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kadottanut | ei olisi kadottanut | |
| 1st plur. | kadottaisimme | emme kadottaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kadottaneet | emme olisi kadottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kadottaisitte | ette kadottaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kadottaneet | ette olisi kadottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kadottaisivat | eivät kadottaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kadottaneet | eivät olisi kadottaneet | |
| passive | kadotettaisiin | ei kadotettaisi | passive | olisi kadotettu | ei olisi kadotettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kadota | älä kadota | 2nd sing. | ole kadottanut | älä ole kadottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kadottakoon | älköön kadottako | 3rd sing. | olkoon kadottanut | älköön olko kadottanut | |
| 1st plur. | kadottakaamme | älkäämme kadottako | 1st plur. | olkaamme kadottaneet | älkäämme olko kadottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kadottakaa | älkää kadottako | 2nd plur. | olkaa kadottaneet | älkää olko kadottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kadottakoot | älkööt kadottako | 3rd plur. | olkoot kadottaneet | älkööt olko kadottaneet | |
| passive | kadotettakoon | älköön kadotettako | passive | olkoon kadotettu | älköön olko kadotettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kadottanen | en kadottane | 1st sing. | lienen kadottanut | en liene kadottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kadottanet | et kadottane | 2nd sing. | lienet kadottanut | et liene kadottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kadottanee | ei kadottane | 3rd sing. | lienee kadottanut | ei liene kadottanut | |
| 1st plur. | kadottanemme | emme kadottane | 1st plur. | lienemme kadottaneet | emme liene kadottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kadottanette | ette kadottane | 2nd plur. | lienette kadottaneet | ette liene kadottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kadottanevat | eivät kadottane | 3rd plur. | lienevät kadottaneet | eivät liene kadottaneet | |
| passive | kadotettaneen | ei kadotettane | passive | lienee kadotettu | ei liene kadotettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kadottaa | present | kadottava | kadotettava | ||
| long 1st2 | kadottaakseen | past | kadottanut | kadotettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kadottaessa | kadotettaessa | agent1, 3 | kadottama | |
| instructive | kadottaen | — | negative | kadottamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kadottamassa | — | 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 | kadottamasta | — | ||||
| illative | kadottamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kadottamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kadottamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | kadottaman | kadotettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kadottaminen | ||||
| partitive | kadottamista | |||||
| 5th2 | kadottamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
Usage notes
- As seen in the translations, kadottaa can mean both wanted and unwanted losing.
- Kadottaa is one of the Finnish verbs that, unlike their equivalents in most Indo-European languages, require a lative case, i.e. require the question "where ... to?" instead of "where?". Thus, Kadotin avaimeni johonkin baariin means literally "I lost my keys into some bar". Similar verbs are e.g. eksyä, eksyttää, hukkua, hukata, hukuttaa, kadota, hävitä, hävittää, saapua, jäädä, jättää and rakentaa. See also the verbs etsiä, löytää, löytyä, lukea and kuulla which require the question "where ... from?" instead of "where?". (Nähdä can be both a verb with an essive case ("where?") and a verb requiring the question "where ... from?".)