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kosia
kosia
Finnish
(index ko)
Verb
kosia
- (transitive + partitive) To propose (marriage) to, pop the question (to ask to marry).
Conjugation
| Inflection of kosia (Kotus type 61/sallia, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kosin | en kosi | 1st sing. | olen kosinut | en ole kosinut | |
| 2nd sing. | kosit | et kosi | 2nd sing. | olet kosinut | et ole kosinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kosii | ei kosi | 3rd sing. | on kosinut | ei ole kosinut | |
| 1st plur. | kosimme | emme kosi | 1st plur. | olemme kosineet | emme ole kosineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kositte | ette kosi | 2nd plur. | olette kosineet | ette ole kosineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kosivat | eivät kosi | 3rd plur. | ovat kosineet | eivät ole kosineet | |
| passive | kositaan | ei kosita | passive | on kosittu | ei ole kosittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kosin | en kosinut | 1st sing. | olin kosinut | en ollut kosinut | |
| 2nd sing. | kosit | et kosinut | 2nd sing. | olit kosinut | et ollut kosinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kosi | ei kosinut | 3rd sing. | oli kosinut | ei ollut kosinut | |
| 1st plur. | kosimme | emme kosineet | 1st plur. | olimme kosineet | emme olleet kosineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kositte | ette kosineet | 2nd plur. | olitte kosineet | ette olleet kosineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kosivat | eivät kosineet | 3rd plur. | olivat kosineet | eivät olleet kosineet | |
| passive | kosittiin | ei kosittu | passive | oli kosittu | ei ollut kosittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kosisin | en kosisi | 1st sing. | olisin kosinut | en olisi kosinut | |
| 2nd sing. | kosisit | et kosisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kosinut | et olisi kosinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kosisi | ei kosisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kosinut | ei olisi kosinut | |
| 1st plur. | kosisimme | emme kosisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kosineet | emme olisi kosineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kosisitte | ette kosisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kosineet | ette olisi kosineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kosisivat | eivät kosisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kosineet | eivät olisi kosineet | |
| passive | kosittaisiin | ei kosittaisi | passive | olisi kosittu | ei olisi kosittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kosi | älä kosi | 2nd sing. | ole kosinut | älä ole kosinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kosikoon | älköön kosiko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kosinut | älköön olko kosinut | |
| 1st plur. | kosikaamme | älkäämme kosiko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kosineet | älkäämme olko kosineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kosikaa | älkää kosiko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kosineet | älkää olko kosineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kosikoot | älkööt kosiko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kosineet | älkööt olko kosineet | |
| passive | kosittakoon | älköön kosittako | passive | olkoon kosittu | älköön olko kosittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kosinen | en kosine | 1st sing. | lienen kosinut | en liene kosinut | |
| 2nd sing. | kosinet | et kosine | 2nd sing. | lienet kosinut | et liene kosinut | |
| 3rd sing. | kosinee | ei kosine | 3rd sing. | lienee kosinut | ei liene kosinut | |
| 1st plur. | kosinemme | emme kosine | 1st plur. | lienemme kosineet | emme liene kosineet | |
| 2nd plur. | kosinette | ette kosine | 2nd plur. | lienette kosineet | ette liene kosineet | |
| 3rd plur. | kosinevat | eivät kosine | 3rd plur. | lienevät kosineet | eivät liene kosineet | |
| passive | kosittaneen | ei kosittane | passive | lienee kosittu | ei liene kosittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kosia | present | kosiva | kosittava | ||
| long 1st2 | kosiakseen | past | kosinut | kosittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kosiessa | kosittaessa | agent1, 3 | kosima | |
| instructive | kosien | — | negative | kosimaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kosimassa | — | 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 | kosimasta | — | ||||
| illative | kosimaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kosimalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kosimatta | — | ||||
| instructive | kosiman | kosittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kosiminen | ||||
| partitive | kosimista | |||||
| 5th2 | kosimaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: kosija, kosinta
- verbs: frequentative kosiskella