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Definition 2025
koveta
koveta
Finnish
Verb
koveta
- (intransitive) To harden.
Conjugation
| Inflection of koveta (Kotus type 72/vanheta, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kovenen | en kovene | 1st sing. | olen kovennut | en ole kovennut | |
| 2nd sing. | kovenet | et kovene | 2nd sing. | olet kovennut | et ole kovennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovenee | ei kovene | 3rd sing. | on kovennut | ei ole kovennut | |
| 1st plur. | kovenemme | emme kovene | 1st plur. | olemme kovenneet | emme ole kovenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovenette | ette kovene | 2nd plur. | olette kovenneet | ette ole kovenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovenevat | eivät kovene | 3rd plur. | ovat kovenneet | eivät ole kovenneet | |
| passive | kovetaan | ei koveta | passive | on kovettu | ei ole kovettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kovenin | en kovennut | 1st sing. | olin kovennut | en ollut kovennut | |
| 2nd sing. | kovenit | et kovennut | 2nd sing. | olit kovennut | et ollut kovennut | |
| 3rd sing. | koveni | ei kovennut | 3rd sing. | oli kovennut | ei ollut kovennut | |
| 1st plur. | kovenimme | emme kovenneet | 1st plur. | olimme kovenneet | emme olleet kovenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovenitte | ette kovenneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kovenneet | ette olleet kovenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovenivat | eivät kovenneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kovenneet | eivät olleet kovenneet | |
| passive | kovettiin | ei kovettu | passive | oli kovettu | ei ollut kovettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kovenisin | en kovenisi | 1st sing. | olisin kovennut | en olisi kovennut | |
| 2nd sing. | kovenisit | et kovenisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kovennut | et olisi kovennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovenisi | ei kovenisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kovennut | ei olisi kovennut | |
| 1st plur. | kovenisimme | emme kovenisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kovenneet | emme olisi kovenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovenisitte | ette kovenisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kovenneet | ette olisi kovenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovenisivat | eivät kovenisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kovenneet | eivät olisi kovenneet | |
| passive | kovettaisiin | ei kovettaisi | passive | olisi kovettu | ei olisi kovettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kovene | älä kovene | 2nd sing. | ole kovennut | älä ole kovennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovetkoon | älköön kovetko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kovennut | älköön olko kovennut | |
| 1st plur. | kovetkaamme | älkäämme kovetko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kovenneet | älkäämme olko kovenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovetkaa | älkää kovetko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kovenneet | älkää olko kovenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovetkoot | älkööt kovetko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kovenneet | älkööt olko kovenneet | |
| passive | kovettakoon | älköön kovettako | passive | olkoon kovettu | älköön olko kovettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kovennen | en kovenne | 1st sing. | lienen kovennut | en liene kovennut | |
| 2nd sing. | kovennet | et kovenne | 2nd sing. | lienet kovennut | et liene kovennut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovennee | ei kovenne | 3rd sing. | lienee kovennut | ei liene kovennut | |
| 1st plur. | kovennemme | emme kovenne | 1st plur. | lienemme kovenneet | emme liene kovenneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovennette | ette kovenne | 2nd plur. | lienette kovenneet | ette liene kovenneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovennevat | eivät kovenne | 3rd plur. | lienevät kovenneet | eivät liene kovenneet | |
| passive | kovettaneen | ei kovettane | passive | lienee kovettu | ei liene kovettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | koveta | present | koveneva | kovettava | ||
| long 1st2 | kovetakseen | past | kovennut | kovettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kovetessa | kovettaessa | agent1, 3 | kovenema | |
| instructive | koveten | — | negative | kovenematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kovenemassa | — | 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 | kovenemasta | — | ||||
| illative | kovenemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kovenemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kovenematta | — | ||||
| instructive | koveneman | kovettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | koveneminen | ||||
| partitive | kovenemista | |||||
| 5th2 | kovenemaisillaan | |||||