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Definition 2024
koristaa
koristaa
Finnish
(index ko)
Verb
koristaa
- To decorate, to adorn, to embellish (to furnish with decorations).
- To festoon (to decorate with festoons).
- To garnish (decorate with ornamental appendages).
- To deck (out) (to clothe with more than ordinary elegance).
Conjugation
| Inflection of koristaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | koristan | en korista | 1st sing. | olen koristanut | en ole koristanut | |
| 2nd sing. | koristat | et korista | 2nd sing. | olet koristanut | et ole koristanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koristaa | ei korista | 3rd sing. | on koristanut | ei ole koristanut | |
| 1st plur. | koristamme | emme korista | 1st plur. | olemme koristaneet | emme ole koristaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koristatte | ette korista | 2nd plur. | olette koristaneet | ette ole koristaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koristavat | eivät korista | 3rd plur. | ovat koristaneet | eivät ole koristaneet | |
| passive | koristetaan | ei koristeta | passive | on koristettu | ei ole koristettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | koristin | en koristanut | 1st sing. | olin koristanut | en ollut koristanut | |
| 2nd sing. | koristit | et koristanut | 2nd sing. | olit koristanut | et ollut koristanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koristi | ei koristanut | 3rd sing. | oli koristanut | ei ollut koristanut | |
| 1st plur. | koristimme | emme koristaneet | 1st plur. | olimme koristaneet | emme olleet koristaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koristitte | ette koristaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte koristaneet | ette olleet koristaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koristivat | eivät koristaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat koristaneet | eivät olleet koristaneet | |
| passive | koristettiin | ei koristettu | passive | oli koristettu | ei ollut koristettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | koristaisin | en koristaisi | 1st sing. | olisin koristanut | en olisi koristanut | |
| 2nd sing. | koristaisit | et koristaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit koristanut | et olisi koristanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koristaisi | ei koristaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi koristanut | ei olisi koristanut | |
| 1st plur. | koristaisimme | emme koristaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme koristaneet | emme olisi koristaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koristaisitte | ette koristaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte koristaneet | ette olisi koristaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koristaisivat | eivät koristaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat koristaneet | eivät olisi koristaneet | |
| passive | koristettaisiin | ei koristettaisi | passive | olisi koristettu | ei olisi koristettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | korista | älä korista | 2nd sing. | ole koristanut | älä ole koristanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koristakoon | älköön koristako | 3rd sing. | olkoon koristanut | älköön olko koristanut | |
| 1st plur. | koristakaamme | älkäämme koristako | 1st plur. | olkaamme koristaneet | älkäämme olko koristaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koristakaa | älkää koristako | 2nd plur. | olkaa koristaneet | älkää olko koristaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koristakoot | älkööt koristako | 3rd plur. | olkoot koristaneet | älkööt olko koristaneet | |
| passive | koristettakoon | älköön koristettako | passive | olkoon koristettu | älköön olko koristettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | koristanen | en koristane | 1st sing. | lienen koristanut | en liene koristanut | |
| 2nd sing. | koristanet | et koristane | 2nd sing. | lienet koristanut | et liene koristanut | |
| 3rd sing. | koristanee | ei koristane | 3rd sing. | lienee koristanut | ei liene koristanut | |
| 1st plur. | koristanemme | emme koristane | 1st plur. | lienemme koristaneet | emme liene koristaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | koristanette | ette koristane | 2nd plur. | lienette koristaneet | ette liene koristaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | koristanevat | eivät koristane | 3rd plur. | lienevät koristaneet | eivät liene koristaneet | |
| passive | koristettaneen | ei koristettane | passive | lienee koristettu | ei liene koristettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | koristaa | present | koristava | koristettava | ||
| long 1st2 | koristaakseen | past | koristanut | koristettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | koristaessa | koristettaessa | agent1, 3 | koristama | |
| instructive | koristaen | — | negative | koristamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | koristamassa | — | 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 | koristamasta | — | ||||
| illative | koristamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | koristamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | koristamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | koristaman | koristettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | koristaminen | ||||
| partitive | koristamista | |||||
| 5th2 | koristamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- koristella
- kruusata
- somistaa
- somistella
- kaunistaa