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kaivella
kaivella
Finnish
Verb
kaivella
- (transitive, + partitive) To dig, pick (in a casual manner).
- Älä kaivele nenääsi!
- Don't pick your nose!
- Älä kaivele nenääsi!
- (transitive, figuratively, of an issue, + partitive) To bother.
- Asia kaivelee minua.
- The matter bothers me.
- Asia kaivelee minua.
Conjugation
| Inflection of kaivella (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kaivelen | en kaivele | 1st sing. | olen kaivellut | en ole kaivellut | |
| 2nd sing. | kaivelet | et kaivele | 2nd sing. | olet kaivellut | et ole kaivellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaivelee | ei kaivele | 3rd sing. | on kaivellut | ei ole kaivellut | |
| 1st plur. | kaivelemme | emme kaivele | 1st plur. | olemme kaivelleet | emme ole kaivelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaivelette | ette kaivele | 2nd plur. | olette kaivelleet | ette ole kaivelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaivelevat | eivät kaivele | 3rd plur. | ovat kaivelleet | eivät ole kaivelleet | |
| passive | kaivellaan | ei kaivella | passive | on kaiveltu | ei ole kaiveltu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kaivelin | en kaivellut | 1st sing. | olin kaivellut | en ollut kaivellut | |
| 2nd sing. | kaivelit | et kaivellut | 2nd sing. | olit kaivellut | et ollut kaivellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaiveli | ei kaivellut | 3rd sing. | oli kaivellut | ei ollut kaivellut | |
| 1st plur. | kaivelimme | emme kaivelleet | 1st plur. | olimme kaivelleet | emme olleet kaivelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaivelitte | ette kaivelleet | 2nd plur. | olitte kaivelleet | ette olleet kaivelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaivelivat | eivät kaivelleet | 3rd plur. | olivat kaivelleet | eivät olleet kaivelleet | |
| passive | kaiveltiin | ei kaiveltu | passive | oli kaiveltu | ei ollut kaiveltu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kaivelisin | en kaivelisi | 1st sing. | olisin kaivellut | en olisi kaivellut | |
| 2nd sing. | kaivelisit | et kaivelisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kaivellut | et olisi kaivellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaivelisi | ei kaivelisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kaivellut | ei olisi kaivellut | |
| 1st plur. | kaivelisimme | emme kaivelisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kaivelleet | emme olisi kaivelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaivelisitte | ette kaivelisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kaivelleet | ette olisi kaivelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaivelisivat | eivät kaivelisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kaivelleet | eivät olisi kaivelleet | |
| passive | kaiveltaisiin | ei kaiveltaisi | passive | olisi kaiveltu | ei olisi kaiveltu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kaivele | älä kaivele | 2nd sing. | ole kaivellut | älä ole kaivellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaivelkoon | älköön kaivelko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kaivellut | älköön olko kaivellut | |
| 1st plur. | kaivelkaamme | älkäämme kaivelko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kaivelleet | älkäämme olko kaivelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaivelkaa | älkää kaivelko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kaivelleet | älkää olko kaivelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaivelkoot | älkööt kaivelko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kaivelleet | älkööt olko kaivelleet | |
| passive | kaiveltakoon | älköön kaiveltako | passive | olkoon kaiveltu | älköön olko kaiveltu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kaivellen | en kaivelle | 1st sing. | lienen kaivellut | en liene kaivellut | |
| 2nd sing. | kaivellet | et kaivelle | 2nd sing. | lienet kaivellut | et liene kaivellut | |
| 3rd sing. | kaivellee | ei kaivelle | 3rd sing. | lienee kaivellut | ei liene kaivellut | |
| 1st plur. | kaivellemme | emme kaivelle | 1st plur. | lienemme kaivelleet | emme liene kaivelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kaivellette | ette kaivelle | 2nd plur. | lienette kaivelleet | ette liene kaivelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kaivellevat | eivät kaivelle | 3rd plur. | lienevät kaivelleet | eivät liene kaivelleet | |
| passive | kaiveltaneen | ei kaiveltane | passive | lienee kaiveltu | ei liene kaiveltu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kaivella | present | kaiveleva | kaiveltava | ||
| long 1st2 | kaivellakseen | past | kaivellut | kaiveltu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kaivellessa | kaiveltaessa | agent1, 3 | kaivelema | |
| instructive | kaivellen | — | negative | kaivelematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kaivelemassa | — | 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 | kaivelemasta | — | ||||
| illative | kaivelemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kaivelemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kaivelematta | — | ||||
| instructive | kaiveleman | kaiveltaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kaiveleminen | ||||
| partitive | kaivelemista | |||||
| 5th2 | kaivelemaisillaan | |||||