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Definition 2024
istua
istua
Finnish
(index is)
Verb
istua
- to sit
- to be a member in a board or similar
- Johannes Virolainen istui eduskunnassa peräti 42 vuotta.
- Johannes Virolainen was a member of parliament for as much as 42 years.
- Johannes Virolainen istui eduskunnassa peräti 42 vuotta.
- to be in jail
Conjugation
| Inflection of istua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | istun | en istu | 1st sing. | olen istunut | en ole istunut | |
| 2nd sing. | istut | et istu | 2nd sing. | olet istunut | et ole istunut | |
| 3rd sing. | istuu | ei istu | 3rd sing. | on istunut | ei ole istunut | |
| 1st plur. | istumme | emme istu | 1st plur. | olemme istuneet | emme ole istuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | istutte | ette istu | 2nd plur. | olette istuneet | ette ole istuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | istuvat | eivät istu | 3rd plur. | ovat istuneet | eivät ole istuneet | |
| passive | istutaan | ei istuta | passive | on istuttu | ei ole istuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | istuin | en istunut | 1st sing. | olin istunut | en ollut istunut | |
| 2nd sing. | istuit | et istunut | 2nd sing. | olit istunut | et ollut istunut | |
| 3rd sing. | istui | ei istunut | 3rd sing. | oli istunut | ei ollut istunut | |
| 1st plur. | istuimme | emme istuneet | 1st plur. | olimme istuneet | emme olleet istuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | istuitte | ette istuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte istuneet | ette olleet istuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | istuivat | eivät istuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat istuneet | eivät olleet istuneet | |
| passive | istuttiin | ei istuttu | passive | oli istuttu | ei ollut istuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | istuisin | en istuisi | 1st sing. | olisin istunut | en olisi istunut | |
| 2nd sing. | istuisit | et istuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit istunut | et olisi istunut | |
| 3rd sing. | istuisi | ei istuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi istunut | ei olisi istunut | |
| 1st plur. | istuisimme | emme istuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme istuneet | emme olisi istuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | istuisitte | ette istuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte istuneet | ette olisi istuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | istuisivat | eivät istuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat istuneet | eivät olisi istuneet | |
| passive | istuttaisiin | ei istuttaisi | passive | olisi istuttu | ei olisi istuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | istu | älä istu | 2nd sing. | ole istunut | älä ole istunut | |
| 3rd sing. | istukoon | älköön istuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon istunut | älköön olko istunut | |
| 1st plur. | istukaamme | älkäämme istuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme istuneet | älkäämme olko istuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | istukaa | älkää istuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa istuneet | älkää olko istuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | istukoot | älkööt istuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot istuneet | älkööt olko istuneet | |
| passive | istuttakoon | älköön istuttako | passive | olkoon istuttu | älköön olko istuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | istunen | en istune | 1st sing. | lienen istunut | en liene istunut | |
| 2nd sing. | istunet | et istune | 2nd sing. | lienet istunut | et liene istunut | |
| 3rd sing. | istunee | ei istune | 3rd sing. | lienee istunut | ei liene istunut | |
| 1st plur. | istunemme | emme istune | 1st plur. | lienemme istuneet | emme liene istuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | istunette | ette istune | 2nd plur. | lienette istuneet | ette liene istuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | istunevat | eivät istune | 3rd plur. | lienevät istuneet | eivät liene istuneet | |
| passive | istuttaneen | ei istuttane | passive | lienee istuttu | ei liene istuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | istua | present | istuva | istuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | istuakseen | past | istunut | istuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | istuessa | istuttaessa | agent1, 3 | istuma | |
| instructive | istuen | — | negative | istumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | istumassa | — | 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 | istumasta | — | ||||
| illative | istumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | istumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | istumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | istuman | istuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | istuminen | ||||
| partitive | istumista | |||||
| 5th2 | istumaisillaan | |||||