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alentua
alentua
Finnish
(index al)
Verb
alentua
- (intransitive) to stoop, condescend, lower oneself
- Miten voit alentua tälle tasolle!
- How could you stoop to this level!
- Miten voit alentua tälle tasolle!
- (intransitive) to lower
- Järven pinta on alentunut viikossa 20 senttimetriä.
- The surface of the lake has lowered by 20 centimeters within a week.
- Järven pinta on alentunut viikossa 20 senttimetriä.
- (intransitive) to descend, come/go down, move downwards.
Conjugation
| Inflection of alentua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, nt-nn gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alennun | en alennu | 1st sing. | olen alentunut | en ole alentunut | |
| 2nd sing. | alennut | et alennu | 2nd sing. | olet alentunut | et ole alentunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentuu | ei alennu | 3rd sing. | on alentunut | ei ole alentunut | |
| 1st plur. | alennumme | emme alennu | 1st plur. | olemme alentuneet | emme ole alentuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alennutte | ette alennu | 2nd plur. | olette alentuneet | ette ole alentuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentuvat | eivät alennu | 3rd plur. | ovat alentuneet | eivät ole alentuneet | |
| passive | alennutaan | ei alennuta | passive | on alennuttu | ei ole alennuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alennuin | en alentunut | 1st sing. | olin alentunut | en ollut alentunut | |
| 2nd sing. | alennuit | et alentunut | 2nd sing. | olit alentunut | et ollut alentunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentui | ei alentunut | 3rd sing. | oli alentunut | ei ollut alentunut | |
| 1st plur. | alennuimme | emme alentuneet | 1st plur. | olimme alentuneet | emme olleet alentuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alennuitte | ette alentuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte alentuneet | ette olleet alentuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentuivat | eivät alentuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat alentuneet | eivät olleet alentuneet | |
| passive | alennuttiin | ei alennuttu | passive | oli alennuttu | ei ollut alennuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alentuisin | en alentuisi | 1st sing. | olisin alentunut | en olisi alentunut | |
| 2nd sing. | alentuisit | et alentuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit alentunut | et olisi alentunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentuisi | ei alentuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi alentunut | ei olisi alentunut | |
| 1st plur. | alentuisimme | emme alentuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme alentuneet | emme olisi alentuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentuisitte | ette alentuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte alentuneet | ette olisi alentuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentuisivat | eivät alentuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat alentuneet | eivät olisi alentuneet | |
| passive | alennuttaisiin | ei alennuttaisi | passive | olisi alennuttu | ei olisi alennuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | alennu | älä alennu | 2nd sing. | ole alentunut | älä ole alentunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentukoon | älköön alentuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon alentunut | älköön olko alentunut | |
| 1st plur. | alentukaamme | älkäämme alentuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme alentuneet | älkäämme olko alentuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentukaa | älkää alentuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa alentuneet | älkää olko alentuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentukoot | älkööt alentuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot alentuneet | älkööt olko alentuneet | |
| passive | alennuttakoon | älköön alennuttako | passive | olkoon alennuttu | älköön olko alennuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alentunen | en alentune | 1st sing. | lienen alentunut | en liene alentunut | |
| 2nd sing. | alentunet | et alentune | 2nd sing. | lienet alentunut | et liene alentunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alentunee | ei alentune | 3rd sing. | lienee alentunut | ei liene alentunut | |
| 1st plur. | alentunemme | emme alentune | 1st plur. | lienemme alentuneet | emme liene alentuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alentunette | ette alentune | 2nd plur. | lienette alentuneet | ette liene alentuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alentunevat | eivät alentune | 3rd plur. | lienevät alentuneet | eivät liene alentuneet | |
| passive | alennuttaneen | ei alennuttane | passive | lienee alennuttu | ei liene alennuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | alentua | present | alentuva | alennuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | alentuakseen | past | alentunut | alennuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | alentuessa | alennuttaessa | agent1, 3 | alentuma | |
| instructive | alentuen | — | negative | alentumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | alentumassa | — | 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 | alentumasta | — | ||||
| illative | alentumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | alentumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | alentumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | alentuman | alennuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | alentuminen | ||||
| partitive | alentumista | |||||
| 5th2 | alentumaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
Related terms
- alentaa (transitive)