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alistua
alistua
Finnish
Verb
alistua
- (intransitive) To submit, give in, yield, surrender (to a person).
- (intransitive) To accommodate oneself, (reluctantly) resign oneself (to give up one's views etc. by adjusting them to other views), defer, acquiesce.
Conjugation
| Inflection of alistua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alistun | en alistu | 1st sing. | olen alistunut | en ole alistunut | |
| 2nd sing. | alistut | et alistu | 2nd sing. | olet alistunut | et ole alistunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alistuu | ei alistu | 3rd sing. | on alistunut | ei ole alistunut | |
| 1st plur. | alistumme | emme alistu | 1st plur. | olemme alistuneet | emme ole alistuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alistutte | ette alistu | 2nd plur. | olette alistuneet | ette ole alistuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alistuvat | eivät alistu | 3rd plur. | ovat alistuneet | eivät ole alistuneet | |
| passive | alistutaan | ei alistuta | passive | on alistuttu | ei ole alistuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alistuin | en alistunut | 1st sing. | olin alistunut | en ollut alistunut | |
| 2nd sing. | alistuit | et alistunut | 2nd sing. | olit alistunut | et ollut alistunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alistui | ei alistunut | 3rd sing. | oli alistunut | ei ollut alistunut | |
| 1st plur. | alistuimme | emme alistuneet | 1st plur. | olimme alistuneet | emme olleet alistuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alistuitte | ette alistuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte alistuneet | ette olleet alistuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alistuivat | eivät alistuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat alistuneet | eivät olleet alistuneet | |
| passive | alistuttiin | ei alistuttu | passive | oli alistuttu | ei ollut alistuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alistuisin | en alistuisi | 1st sing. | olisin alistunut | en olisi alistunut | |
| 2nd sing. | alistuisit | et alistuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit alistunut | et olisi alistunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alistuisi | ei alistuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi alistunut | ei olisi alistunut | |
| 1st plur. | alistuisimme | emme alistuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme alistuneet | emme olisi alistuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alistuisitte | ette alistuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte alistuneet | ette olisi alistuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alistuisivat | eivät alistuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat alistuneet | eivät olisi alistuneet | |
| passive | alistuttaisiin | ei alistuttaisi | passive | olisi alistuttu | ei olisi alistuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | alistu | älä alistu | 2nd sing. | ole alistunut | älä ole alistunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alistukoon | älköön alistuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon alistunut | älköön olko alistunut | |
| 1st plur. | alistukaamme | älkäämme alistuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme alistuneet | älkäämme olko alistuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alistukaa | älkää alistuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa alistuneet | älkää olko alistuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alistukoot | älkööt alistuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot alistuneet | älkööt olko alistuneet | |
| passive | alistuttakoon | älköön alistuttako | passive | olkoon alistuttu | älköön olko alistuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | alistunen | en alistune | 1st sing. | lienen alistunut | en liene alistunut | |
| 2nd sing. | alistunet | et alistune | 2nd sing. | lienet alistunut | et liene alistunut | |
| 3rd sing. | alistunee | ei alistune | 3rd sing. | lienee alistunut | ei liene alistunut | |
| 1st plur. | alistunemme | emme alistune | 1st plur. | lienemme alistuneet | emme liene alistuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | alistunette | ette alistune | 2nd plur. | lienette alistuneet | ette liene alistuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | alistunevat | eivät alistune | 3rd plur. | lienevät alistuneet | eivät liene alistuneet | |
| passive | alistuttaneen | ei alistuttane | passive | lienee alistuttu | ei liene alistuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | alistua | present | alistuva | alistuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | alistuakseen | past | alistunut | alistuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | alistuessa | alistuttaessa | agent1, 3 | alistuma | |
| instructive | alistuen | — | negative | alistumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | alistumassa | — | 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 | alistumasta | — | ||||
| illative | alistumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | alistumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | alistumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | alistuman | alistuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | alistuminen | ||||
| partitive | alistumista | |||||
| 5th2 | alistumaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- adjectives: alistuvainen