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Definition 2024
sinutella
sinutella
Finnish
(index si)
Verb
sinutella
- (transitive, + partitive) to address with the informal T-form, to address someone (especially friends and relatives) informally in the second-person (in languages in which such form is distinguishable).
- Suomessa vieraita ihmisiä voi yleensä sinutella.
- In Finland one can normally address strangers by using the pronoun "sinä".
- Suomessa vieraita ihmisiä voi yleensä sinutella.
Conjugation
| Inflection of sinutella (Kotus type 67/tulla, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sinuttelen | en sinuttele | 1st sing. | olen sinutellut | en ole sinutellut | |
| 2nd sing. | sinuttelet | et sinuttele | 2nd sing. | olet sinutellut | et ole sinutellut | |
| 3rd sing. | sinuttelee | ei sinuttele | 3rd sing. | on sinutellut | ei ole sinutellut | |
| 1st plur. | sinuttelemme | emme sinuttele | 1st plur. | olemme sinutelleet | emme ole sinutelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | sinuttelette | ette sinuttele | 2nd plur. | olette sinutelleet | ette ole sinutelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | sinuttelevat | eivät sinuttele | 3rd plur. | ovat sinutelleet | eivät ole sinutelleet | |
| passive | sinutellaan | ei sinutella | passive | on sinuteltu | ei ole sinuteltu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sinuttelin | en sinutellut | 1st sing. | olin sinutellut | en ollut sinutellut | |
| 2nd sing. | sinuttelit | et sinutellut | 2nd sing. | olit sinutellut | et ollut sinutellut | |
| 3rd sing. | sinutteli | ei sinutellut | 3rd sing. | oli sinutellut | ei ollut sinutellut | |
| 1st plur. | sinuttelimme | emme sinutelleet | 1st plur. | olimme sinutelleet | emme olleet sinutelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | sinuttelitte | ette sinutelleet | 2nd plur. | olitte sinutelleet | ette olleet sinutelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | sinuttelivat | eivät sinutelleet | 3rd plur. | olivat sinutelleet | eivät olleet sinutelleet | |
| passive | sinuteltiin | ei sinuteltu | passive | oli sinuteltu | ei ollut sinuteltu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sinuttelisin | en sinuttelisi | 1st sing. | olisin sinutellut | en olisi sinutellut | |
| 2nd sing. | sinuttelisit | et sinuttelisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sinutellut | et olisi sinutellut | |
| 3rd sing. | sinuttelisi | ei sinuttelisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sinutellut | ei olisi sinutellut | |
| 1st plur. | sinuttelisimme | emme sinuttelisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sinutelleet | emme olisi sinutelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | sinuttelisitte | ette sinuttelisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sinutelleet | ette olisi sinutelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | sinuttelisivat | eivät sinuttelisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sinutelleet | eivät olisi sinutelleet | |
| passive | sinuteltaisiin | ei sinuteltaisi | passive | olisi sinuteltu | ei olisi sinuteltu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sinuttele | älä sinuttele | 2nd sing. | ole sinutellut | älä ole sinutellut | |
| 3rd sing. | sinutelkoon | älköön sinutelko | 3rd sing. | olkoon sinutellut | älköön olko sinutellut | |
| 1st plur. | sinutelkaamme | älkäämme sinutelko | 1st plur. | olkaamme sinutelleet | älkäämme olko sinutelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | sinutelkaa | älkää sinutelko | 2nd plur. | olkaa sinutelleet | älkää olko sinutelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | sinutelkoot | älkööt sinutelko | 3rd plur. | olkoot sinutelleet | älkööt olko sinutelleet | |
| passive | sinuteltakoon | älköön sinuteltako | passive | olkoon sinuteltu | älköön olko sinuteltu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sinutellen | en sinutelle | 1st sing. | lienen sinutellut | en liene sinutellut | |
| 2nd sing. | sinutellet | et sinutelle | 2nd sing. | lienet sinutellut | et liene sinutellut | |
| 3rd sing. | sinutellee | ei sinutelle | 3rd sing. | lienee sinutellut | ei liene sinutellut | |
| 1st plur. | sinutellemme | emme sinutelle | 1st plur. | lienemme sinutelleet | emme liene sinutelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | sinutellette | ette sinutelle | 2nd plur. | lienette sinutelleet | ette liene sinutelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | sinutellevat | eivät sinutelle | 3rd plur. | lienevät sinutelleet | eivät liene sinutelleet | |
| passive | sinuteltaneen | ei sinuteltane | passive | lienee sinuteltu | ei liene sinuteltu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sinutella | present | sinutteleva | sinuteltava | ||
| long 1st2 | sinutellakseen | past | sinutellut | sinuteltu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sinutellessa | sinuteltaessa | agent1, 3 | sinuttelema | |
| instructive | sinutellen | — | negative | sinuttelematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sinuttelemassa | — | 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 | sinuttelemasta | — | ||||
| illative | sinuttelemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sinuttelemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sinuttelematta | — | ||||
| instructive | sinutteleman | sinuteltaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sinutteleminen | ||||
| partitive | sinuttelemista | |||||
| 5th2 | sinuttelemaisillaan | |||||
Usage notes
- (the equivalent in English customs:) to address a person by her/his first name
- in Finnish there are three second-person personal pronouns: sinä (“informal singular”), te (“informal plural”) and Te (“formal singular and plural”).