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Definition 2025
sattua
sattua
Finnish
(index sa)
Verb
sattua
- (intransitive) To happen, there is/are/was/were/has been/have been/had been, occur, come about, come up.
- Maantiellä sattui onnettomuus.
- An accident happened on the highway.
- Maantiellä sattui onnettomuus.
- (intransitive) To happen (to do = active 3rd infinitive in illative, -maan/-mään; in conditional mood in a jos clause with or without vaikka) should.
- (intransitive, rare) To hit, strike (+ illative).
- (intransitive) (monopersonally; 3rd-pers. sg.) To hurt (with the subject it; where = illative; physically or mentally), be sore.
Conjugation
| Inflection of sattua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | satun | en satu | 1st sing. | olen sattunut | en ole sattunut | |
| 2nd sing. | satut | et satu | 2nd sing. | olet sattunut | et ole sattunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sattuu | ei satu | 3rd sing. | on sattunut | ei ole sattunut | |
| 1st plur. | satumme | emme satu | 1st plur. | olemme sattuneet | emme ole sattuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | satutte | ette satu | 2nd plur. | olette sattuneet | ette ole sattuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sattuvat | eivät satu | 3rd plur. | ovat sattuneet | eivät ole sattuneet | |
| passive | satutaan | ei satuta | passive | on satuttu | ei ole satuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | satuin | en sattunut | 1st sing. | olin sattunut | en ollut sattunut | |
| 2nd sing. | satuit | et sattunut | 2nd sing. | olit sattunut | et ollut sattunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sattui | ei sattunut | 3rd sing. | oli sattunut | ei ollut sattunut | |
| 1st plur. | satuimme | emme sattuneet | 1st plur. | olimme sattuneet | emme olleet sattuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | satuitte | ette sattuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte sattuneet | ette olleet sattuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sattuivat | eivät sattuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat sattuneet | eivät olleet sattuneet | |
| passive | satuttiin | ei satuttu | passive | oli satuttu | ei ollut satuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sattuisin | en sattuisi | 1st sing. | olisin sattunut | en olisi sattunut | |
| 2nd sing. | sattuisit | et sattuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sattunut | et olisi sattunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sattuisi | ei sattuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sattunut | ei olisi sattunut | |
| 1st plur. | sattuisimme | emme sattuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sattuneet | emme olisi sattuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sattuisitte | ette sattuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sattuneet | ette olisi sattuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sattuisivat | eivät sattuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sattuneet | eivät olisi sattuneet | |
| passive | satuttaisiin | ei satuttaisi | passive | olisi satuttu | ei olisi satuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | satu | älä satu | 2nd sing. | ole sattunut | älä ole sattunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sattukoon | älköön sattuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon sattunut | älköön olko sattunut | |
| 1st plur. | sattukaamme | älkäämme sattuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme sattuneet | älkäämme olko sattuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sattukaa | älkää sattuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa sattuneet | älkää olko sattuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sattukoot | älkööt sattuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot sattuneet | älkööt olko sattuneet | |
| passive | satuttakoon | älköön satuttako | passive | olkoon satuttu | älköön olko satuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sattunen | en sattune | 1st sing. | lienen sattunut | en liene sattunut | |
| 2nd sing. | sattunet | et sattune | 2nd sing. | lienet sattunut | et liene sattunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sattunee | ei sattune | 3rd sing. | lienee sattunut | ei liene sattunut | |
| 1st plur. | sattunemme | emme sattune | 1st plur. | lienemme sattuneet | emme liene sattuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sattunette | ette sattune | 2nd plur. | lienette sattuneet | ette liene sattuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sattunevat | eivät sattune | 3rd plur. | lienevät sattuneet | eivät liene sattuneet | |
| passive | satuttaneen | ei satuttane | passive | lienee satuttu | ei liene satuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sattua | present | sattuva | satuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | sattuakseen | past | sattunut | satuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sattuessa | satuttaessa | agent1, 3 | sattuma | |
| instructive | sattuen | — | negative | sattumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sattumassa | — | 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 | sattumasta | — | ||||
| illative | sattumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sattumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sattumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sattuman | satuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sattuminen | ||||
| partitive | sattumista | |||||
| 5th2 | sattumaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to happen, occur): tapahtua
- (to hit, strike): osua
- (to hurt): koskea (3rd pers. sg. + illative), aristaa (3rd-pers. sg. + partitive), satuttaa (3rd pers. sg. + partitive)
Derived terms
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