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murtaa
murtaa
Finnish
(index mu)
Verb
murtaa
- (transitive) To break (to cause to end up in two or more pieces).
- Aion murtaa naamiosi.
- I am going to break your mask.
- Aion murtaa naamiosi.
- (transitive, medicine) Of a bone, to cause to crack under physical strain.
- Älä yritä murtaa hänen niskaansa.
- Don't try to break his neck.
- Älä murra sormiasi koripallossa.
- Don't break your fingers playing basketball.
- Älä yritä murtaa hänen niskaansa.
- (transitive, tennis) To break, usually with the word syöttö (a serve) → murtaa syöttö.
- (transitive) To fragment (to break apart).
- (transitive) To break (to cause a person or animal to lose his/her/its will), usually with the word tahto (will) → murtaa tahto.
- Norsun tahto on murrettava ennen kuin sitä voi käyttää kantojuhtana.
- You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
- Amerikka on käyttänyt monia kidutustapoja murtaakseen sotavankinsa.
- America has used many forms of torture to break their POWs.
- Norsun tahto on murrettava ennen kuin sitä voi käyttää kantojuhtana.
Conjugation
| Inflection of murtaa (Kotus type 54/huutaa, rt-rr gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | murran | en murra | 1st sing. | olen murtanut | en ole murtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | murrat | et murra | 2nd sing. | olet murtanut | et ole murtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | murtaa | ei murra | 3rd sing. | on murtanut | ei ole murtanut | |
| 1st plur. | murramme | emme murra | 1st plur. | olemme murtaneet | emme ole murtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | murratte | ette murra | 2nd plur. | olette murtaneet | ette ole murtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | murtavat | eivät murra | 3rd plur. | ovat murtaneet | eivät ole murtaneet | |
| passive | murretaan | ei murreta | passive | on murrettu | ei ole murrettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | mursin | en murtanut | 1st sing. | olin murtanut | en ollut murtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | mursit | et murtanut | 2nd sing. | olit murtanut | et ollut murtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | mursi | ei murtanut | 3rd sing. | oli murtanut | ei ollut murtanut | |
| 1st plur. | mursimme | emme murtaneet | 1st plur. | olimme murtaneet | emme olleet murtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | mursitte | ette murtaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte murtaneet | ette olleet murtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | mursivat | eivät murtaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat murtaneet | eivät olleet murtaneet | |
| passive | murrettiin | ei murrettu | passive | oli murrettu | ei ollut murrettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | murtaisin | en murtaisi | 1st sing. | olisin murtanut | en olisi murtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | murtaisit | et murtaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit murtanut | et olisi murtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | murtaisi | ei murtaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi murtanut | ei olisi murtanut | |
| 1st plur. | murtaisimme | emme murtaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme murtaneet | emme olisi murtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | murtaisitte | ette murtaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte murtaneet | ette olisi murtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | murtaisivat | eivät murtaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat murtaneet | eivät olisi murtaneet | |
| passive | murrettaisiin | ei murrettaisi | passive | olisi murrettu | ei olisi murrettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | murra | älä murra | 2nd sing. | ole murtanut | älä ole murtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | murtakoon | älköön murtako | 3rd sing. | olkoon murtanut | älköön olko murtanut | |
| 1st plur. | murtakaamme | älkäämme murtako | 1st plur. | olkaamme murtaneet | älkäämme olko murtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | murtakaa | älkää murtako | 2nd plur. | olkaa murtaneet | älkää olko murtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | murtakoot | älkööt murtako | 3rd plur. | olkoot murtaneet | älkööt olko murtaneet | |
| passive | murrettakoon | älköön murrettako | passive | olkoon murrettu | älköön olko murrettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | murtanen | en murtane | 1st sing. | lienen murtanut | en liene murtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | murtanet | et murtane | 2nd sing. | lienet murtanut | et liene murtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | murtanee | ei murtane | 3rd sing. | lienee murtanut | ei liene murtanut | |
| 1st plur. | murtanemme | emme murtane | 1st plur. | lienemme murtaneet | emme liene murtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | murtanette | ette murtane | 2nd plur. | lienette murtaneet | ette liene murtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | murtanevat | eivät murtane | 3rd plur. | lienevät murtaneet | eivät liene murtaneet | |
| passive | murrettaneen | ei murrettane | passive | lienee murrettu | ei liene murrettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | murtaa | present | murtava | murrettava | ||
| long 1st2 | murtaakseen | past | murtanut | murrettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | murtaessa | murrettaessa | agent1, 3 | murtama | |
| instructive | murtaen | — | negative | murtamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | murtamassa | — | 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 | murtamasta | — | ||||
| illative | murtamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | murtamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | murtamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | murtaman | murrettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | murtaminen | ||||
| partitive | murtamista | |||||
| 5th2 | murtamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to cause to end up in two or more pieces): rikkoa, särkeä
- (to fragment): hajottaa, rikkoa, sirpaloida, särkeä
- (to break one's will): alistaa