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harkita
harkita
See also: härkita
Finnish
(index ha)
Verb
harkita
- (transitive; + partitive) To deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ponder, think.
- Harkitsen asiaa.
- I'll think about it.
- Hän harkitsi itsemurhaa.
- S/he considered suicide.
- Harkitsen asiaa.
Conjugation
| Inflection of harkita (Kotus type 69/valita, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | harkitsen | en harkitse | 1st sing. | olen harkinnut | en ole harkinnut | |
| 2nd sing. | harkitset | et harkitse | 2nd sing. | olet harkinnut | et ole harkinnut | |
| 3rd sing. | harkitsee | ei harkitse | 3rd sing. | on harkinnut | ei ole harkinnut | |
| 1st plur. | harkitsemme | emme harkitse | 1st plur. | olemme harkinneet | emme ole harkinneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harkitsette | ette harkitse | 2nd plur. | olette harkinneet | ette ole harkinneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harkitsevat | eivät harkitse | 3rd plur. | ovat harkinneet | eivät ole harkinneet | |
| passive | harkitaan | ei harkita | passive | on harkittu | ei ole harkittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | harkitsin | en harkinnut | 1st sing. | olin harkinnut | en ollut harkinnut | |
| 2nd sing. | harkitsit | et harkinnut | 2nd sing. | olit harkinnut | et ollut harkinnut | |
| 3rd sing. | harkitsi | ei harkinnut | 3rd sing. | oli harkinnut | ei ollut harkinnut | |
| 1st plur. | harkitsimme | emme harkinneet | 1st plur. | olimme harkinneet | emme olleet harkinneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harkitsitte | ette harkinneet | 2nd plur. | olitte harkinneet | ette olleet harkinneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harkitsivat | eivät harkinneet | 3rd plur. | olivat harkinneet | eivät olleet harkinneet | |
| passive | harkittiin | ei harkittu | passive | oli harkittu | ei ollut harkittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | harkitsisin | en harkitsisi | 1st sing. | olisin harkinnut | en olisi harkinnut | |
| 2nd sing. | harkitsisit | et harkitsisi | 2nd sing. | olisit harkinnut | et olisi harkinnut | |
| 3rd sing. | harkitsisi | ei harkitsisi | 3rd sing. | olisi harkinnut | ei olisi harkinnut | |
| 1st plur. | harkitsisimme | emme harkitsisi | 1st plur. | olisimme harkinneet | emme olisi harkinneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harkitsisitte | ette harkitsisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte harkinneet | ette olisi harkinneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harkitsisivat | eivät harkitsisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat harkinneet | eivät olisi harkinneet | |
| passive | harkittaisiin | ei harkittaisi | passive | olisi harkittu | ei olisi harkittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | harkitse | älä harkitse | 2nd sing. | ole harkinnut | älä ole harkinnut | |
| 3rd sing. | harkitkoon | älköön harkitko | 3rd sing. | olkoon harkinnut | älköön olko harkinnut | |
| 1st plur. | harkitkaamme | älkäämme harkitko | 1st plur. | olkaamme harkinneet | älkäämme olko harkinneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harkitkaa | älkää harkitko | 2nd plur. | olkaa harkinneet | älkää olko harkinneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harkitkoot | älkööt harkitko | 3rd plur. | olkoot harkinneet | älkööt olko harkinneet | |
| passive | harkittakoon | älköön harkittako | passive | olkoon harkittu | älköön olko harkittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | harkinnen | en harkinne | 1st sing. | lienen harkinnut | en liene harkinnut | |
| 2nd sing. | harkinnet | et harkinne | 2nd sing. | lienet harkinnut | et liene harkinnut | |
| 3rd sing. | harkinnee | ei harkinne | 3rd sing. | lienee harkinnut | ei liene harkinnut | |
| 1st plur. | harkinnemme | emme harkinne | 1st plur. | lienemme harkinneet | emme liene harkinneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harkinnette | ette harkinne | 2nd plur. | lienette harkinneet | ette liene harkinneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harkinnevat | eivät harkinne | 3rd plur. | lienevät harkinneet | eivät liene harkinneet | |
| passive | harkittaneen | ei harkittane | passive | lienee harkittu | ei liene harkittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | harkita | present | harkitseva | harkittava | ||
| long 1st2 | harkitakseen | past | harkinnut | harkittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | harkitessa | harkittaessa | agent1, 3 | harkitsema | |
| instructive | harkiten | — | negative | harkitsematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | harkitsemassa | — | 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 | harkitsemasta | — | ||||
| illative | harkitsemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | harkitsemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | harkitsematta | — | ||||
| instructive | harkitseman | harkittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | harkitseminen | ||||
| partitive | harkitsemista | |||||
| 5th2 | harkitsemaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- adjectives: harkitsematon, harkittu
- nouns: harkinta