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narista
narista
Finnish
Verb
narista (intransitive)
- to creak, to squeak (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
- ~ + elative: to quibble, squabble (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner)
- He narisevat jatkuvasti mitättömistä pikkuasioista.
- They are constantly quibbling over insignificant details.
- He narisevat jatkuvasti mitättömistä pikkuasioista.
- ~ + elative: to nag (to bother repeatedly about the same thing)
Conjugation
| Inflection of narista (Kotus type 66/rohkaista, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | narisen | en narise | 1st sing. | olen narissut | en ole narissut | |
| 2nd sing. | nariset | et narise | 2nd sing. | olet narissut | et ole narissut | |
| 3rd sing. | narisee | ei narise | 3rd sing. | on narissut | ei ole narissut | |
| 1st plur. | narisemme | emme narise | 1st plur. | olemme narisseet | emme ole narisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | narisette | ette narise | 2nd plur. | olette narisseet | ette ole narisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | narisevat | eivät narise | 3rd plur. | ovat narisseet | eivät ole narisseet | |
| passive | naristaan | ei narista | passive | on naristu | ei ole naristu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | narisin | en narissut | 1st sing. | olin narissut | en ollut narissut | |
| 2nd sing. | narisit | et narissut | 2nd sing. | olit narissut | et ollut narissut | |
| 3rd sing. | narisi | ei narissut | 3rd sing. | oli narissut | ei ollut narissut | |
| 1st plur. | narisimme | emme narisseet | 1st plur. | olimme narisseet | emme olleet narisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | narisitte | ette narisseet | 2nd plur. | olitte narisseet | ette olleet narisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | narisivat | eivät narisseet | 3rd plur. | olivat narisseet | eivät olleet narisseet | |
| passive | naristiin | ei naristu | passive | oli naristu | ei ollut naristu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | narisisin | en narisisi | 1st sing. | olisin narissut | en olisi narissut | |
| 2nd sing. | narisisit | et narisisi | 2nd sing. | olisit narissut | et olisi narissut | |
| 3rd sing. | narisisi | ei narisisi | 3rd sing. | olisi narissut | ei olisi narissut | |
| 1st plur. | narisisimme | emme narisisi | 1st plur. | olisimme narisseet | emme olisi narisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | narisisitte | ette narisisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte narisseet | ette olisi narisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | narisisivat | eivät narisisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat narisseet | eivät olisi narisseet | |
| passive | naristaisiin | ei naristaisi | passive | olisi naristu | ei olisi naristu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | narise | älä narise | 2nd sing. | ole narissut | älä ole narissut | |
| 3rd sing. | nariskoon | älköön narisko | 3rd sing. | olkoon narissut | älköön olko narissut | |
| 1st plur. | nariskaamme | älkäämme narisko | 1st plur. | olkaamme narisseet | älkäämme olko narisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | nariskaa | älkää narisko | 2nd plur. | olkaa narisseet | älkää olko narisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | nariskoot | älkööt narisko | 3rd plur. | olkoot narisseet | älkööt olko narisseet | |
| passive | naristakoon | älköön naristako | passive | olkoon naristu | älköön olko naristu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | narissen | en narisse | 1st sing. | lienen narissut | en liene narissut | |
| 2nd sing. | narisset | et narisse | 2nd sing. | lienet narissut | et liene narissut | |
| 3rd sing. | narissee | ei narisse | 3rd sing. | lienee narissut | ei liene narissut | |
| 1st plur. | narissemme | emme narisse | 1st plur. | lienemme narisseet | emme liene narisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | narissette | ette narisse | 2nd plur. | lienette narisseet | ette liene narisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | narissevat | eivät narisse | 3rd plur. | lienevät narisseet | eivät liene narisseet | |
| passive | naristaneen | ei naristane | passive | lienee naristu | ei liene naristu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | narista | present | nariseva | naristava | ||
| long 1st2 | naristakseen | past | narissut | naristu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | naristessa | naristaessa | agent1, 3 | narisema | |
| instructive | naristen | — | negative | narisematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | narisemassa | — | 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 | narisemasta | — | ||||
| illative | narisemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | narisemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | narisematta | — | ||||
| instructive | nariseman | naristaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | nariseminen | ||||
| partitive | narisemista | |||||
| 5th2 | narisemaisillaan | |||||