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Definition 2024
kovistaa
kovistaa
Finnish
Verb
kovistaa
- to come down harshly on someone for some reason
- to shake someone up (metaphorically)
- read the riot act to someone (metaphorically)
Conjugation
| Inflection of kovistaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kovistan | en kovista | 1st sing. | olen kovistanut | en ole kovistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kovistat | et kovista | 2nd sing. | olet kovistanut | et ole kovistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovistaa | ei kovista | 3rd sing. | on kovistanut | ei ole kovistanut | |
| 1st plur. | kovistamme | emme kovista | 1st plur. | olemme kovistaneet | emme ole kovistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovistatte | ette kovista | 2nd plur. | olette kovistaneet | ette ole kovistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovistavat | eivät kovista | 3rd plur. | ovat kovistaneet | eivät ole kovistaneet | |
| passive | kovistetaan | ei kovisteta | passive | on kovistettu | ei ole kovistettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kovistin | en kovistanut | 1st sing. | olin kovistanut | en ollut kovistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kovistit | et kovistanut | 2nd sing. | olit kovistanut | et ollut kovistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovisti | ei kovistanut | 3rd sing. | oli kovistanut | ei ollut kovistanut | |
| 1st plur. | kovistimme | emme kovistaneet | 1st plur. | olimme kovistaneet | emme olleet kovistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovistitte | ette kovistaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kovistaneet | ette olleet kovistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovistivat | eivät kovistaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kovistaneet | eivät olleet kovistaneet | |
| passive | kovistettiin | ei kovistettu | passive | oli kovistettu | ei ollut kovistettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kovistaisin | en kovistaisi | 1st sing. | olisin kovistanut | en olisi kovistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kovistaisit | et kovistaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kovistanut | et olisi kovistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovistaisi | ei kovistaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kovistanut | ei olisi kovistanut | |
| 1st plur. | kovistaisimme | emme kovistaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kovistaneet | emme olisi kovistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovistaisitte | ette kovistaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kovistaneet | ette olisi kovistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovistaisivat | eivät kovistaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kovistaneet | eivät olisi kovistaneet | |
| passive | kovistettaisiin | ei kovistettaisi | passive | olisi kovistettu | ei olisi kovistettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kovista | älä kovista | 2nd sing. | ole kovistanut | älä ole kovistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovistakoon | älköön kovistako | 3rd sing. | olkoon kovistanut | älköön olko kovistanut | |
| 1st plur. | kovistakaamme | älkäämme kovistako | 1st plur. | olkaamme kovistaneet | älkäämme olko kovistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovistakaa | älkää kovistako | 2nd plur. | olkaa kovistaneet | älkää olko kovistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovistakoot | älkööt kovistako | 3rd plur. | olkoot kovistaneet | älkööt olko kovistaneet | |
| passive | kovistettakoon | älköön kovistettako | passive | olkoon kovistettu | älköön olko kovistettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kovistanen | en kovistane | 1st sing. | lienen kovistanut | en liene kovistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kovistanet | et kovistane | 2nd sing. | lienet kovistanut | et liene kovistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kovistanee | ei kovistane | 3rd sing. | lienee kovistanut | ei liene kovistanut | |
| 1st plur. | kovistanemme | emme kovistane | 1st plur. | lienemme kovistaneet | emme liene kovistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kovistanette | ette kovistane | 2nd plur. | lienette kovistaneet | ette liene kovistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kovistanevat | eivät kovistane | 3rd plur. | lienevät kovistaneet | eivät liene kovistaneet | |
| passive | kovistettaneen | ei kovistettane | passive | lienee kovistettu | ei liene kovistettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kovistaa | present | kovistava | kovistettava | ||
| long 1st2 | kovistaakseen | past | kovistanut | kovistettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kovistaessa | kovistettaessa | agent1, 3 | kovistama | |
| instructive | kovistaen | — | negative | kovistamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kovistamassa | — | 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 | kovistamasta | — | ||||
| illative | kovistamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kovistamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kovistamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | kovistaman | kovistettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kovistaminen | ||||
| partitive | kovistamista | |||||
| 5th2 | kovistamaisillaan | |||||