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sataa
sataa
Finnish
(index s)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sa‧taa
- Rhymes: -ɑtɑː(ʔ)
- IPA(key): [ˈsɑt̪ɑː(ʔ)]
Verb
sataa intransitive
- (~ vettä) To rain.
- Sataa.
- It's raining.
- Sataa kaatamalla.
- It's coming down in buckets / pouring / raining cats and dogs.
- Sataa.
- ~ lunta = to snow.
- Sataa lunta.
- It's snowing.
- Sataa lunta.
- ~ rakeita = to hail.
- Sataa rakeita.
- It's hailing.
- Sataa rakeita.
- (figurative use) Variation of idiom equivalent to It's raining cats and dogs.
Usage notes
- Although English has the exact equivalent precipitate (It's precipitating rain/snow/hail/dust etc.), this is never used except by meteorologists, and only with others in the field, never in communicating with the public.
- Although this verb can be used alone (as the single word sataa), it is very often used with an adverb of place, for example siellä, 'there'. Since such adverbs are usually added without any literal meaning, they often don't need to be translated, but similar idiomatic use exists in English and other languages:
- (Siellä) sataa.
- It's raining (out/outside).
- (Siellä) sataa.
Conjugation
| Inflection of sataa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, t-d gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sadan | en sada | 1st sing. | olen satanut | en ole satanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sadat | et sada | 2nd sing. | olet satanut | et ole satanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sataa | ei sada | 3rd sing. | on satanut | ei ole satanut | |
| 1st plur. | sadamme | emme sada | 1st plur. | olemme sataneet | emme ole sataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sadatte | ette sada | 2nd plur. | olette sataneet | ette ole sataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | satavat | eivät sada | 3rd plur. | ovat sataneet | eivät ole sataneet | |
| passive | sadetaan | ei sadeta | passive | on sadettu | ei ole sadettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sadoin | en satanut | 1st sing. | olin satanut | en ollut satanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sadoit | et satanut | 2nd sing. | olit satanut | et ollut satanut | |
| 3rd sing. | satoi | ei satanut | 3rd sing. | oli satanut | ei ollut satanut | |
| 1st plur. | sadoimme | emme sataneet | 1st plur. | olimme sataneet | emme olleet sataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sadoitte | ette sataneet | 2nd plur. | olitte sataneet | ette olleet sataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | satoivat | eivät sataneet | 3rd plur. | olivat sataneet | eivät olleet sataneet | |
| passive | sadettiin | ei sadettu | passive | oli sadettu | ei ollut sadettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sataisin | en sataisi | 1st sing. | olisin satanut | en olisi satanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sataisit | et sataisi | 2nd sing. | olisit satanut | et olisi satanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sataisi | ei sataisi | 3rd sing. | olisi satanut | ei olisi satanut | |
| 1st plur. | sataisimme | emme sataisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sataneet | emme olisi sataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sataisitte | ette sataisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sataneet | ette olisi sataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sataisivat | eivät sataisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sataneet | eivät olisi sataneet | |
| passive | sadettaisiin | ei sadettaisi | passive | olisi sadettu | ei olisi sadettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sada | älä sada | 2nd sing. | ole satanut | älä ole satanut | |
| 3rd sing. | satakoon | älköön satako | 3rd sing. | olkoon satanut | älköön olko satanut | |
| 1st plur. | satakaamme | älkäämme satako | 1st plur. | olkaamme sataneet | älkäämme olko sataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | satakaa | älkää satako | 2nd plur. | olkaa sataneet | älkää olko sataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | satakoot | älkööt satako | 3rd plur. | olkoot sataneet | älkööt olko sataneet | |
| passive | sadettakoon | älköön sadettako | passive | olkoon sadettu | älköön olko sadettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | satanen | en satane | 1st sing. | lienen satanut | en liene satanut | |
| 2nd sing. | satanet | et satane | 2nd sing. | lienet satanut | et liene satanut | |
| 3rd sing. | satanee | ei satane | 3rd sing. | lienee satanut | ei liene satanut | |
| 1st plur. | satanemme | emme satane | 1st plur. | lienemme sataneet | emme liene sataneet | |
| 2nd plur. | satanette | ette satane | 2nd plur. | lienette sataneet | ette liene sataneet | |
| 3rd plur. | satanevat | eivät satane | 3rd plur. | lienevät sataneet | eivät liene sataneet | |
| passive | sadettaneen | ei sadettane | passive | lienee sadettu | ei liene sadettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sataa | present | satava | sadettava | ||
| long 1st2 | sataakseen | past | satanut | sadettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sataessa | sadettaessa | agent1, 3 | satama | |
| instructive | sataen | — | negative | satamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | satamassa | — | 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 | satamasta | — | ||||
| illative | satamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | satamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | satamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sataman | sadettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sataminen | ||||
| partitive | satamista | |||||
| 5th2 | satamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɑtɑː]
- Hyphenation: sa‧taa
Numeral
sataa
- Partitive singular form of sata.
Anagrams
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *satadak.
Verb
sataa (first-person singular present saan, first-person singular past [please provide])
- to rain, to fall, to precipitate
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
References
- "sataa" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat