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laajentaa
laajentaa
Finnish
(index la)
Verb
laajentaa, (transitive)
- to expand, broaden, widen; extend, enlarge, increase
- (medicine) to distend (blood vessels), dilate (pupils)
- ~ (vähitellen) = to escalate
Conjugation
| Inflection of laajentaa (Kotus type 54/huutaa, nt-nn gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | laajennan | en laajenna | 1st sing. | olen laajentanut | en ole laajentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | laajennat | et laajenna | 2nd sing. | olet laajentanut | et ole laajentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | laajentaa | ei laajenna | 3rd sing. | on laajentanut | ei ole laajentanut | |
| 1st plur. | laajennamme | emme laajenna | 1st plur. | olemme laajentaneet | emme ole laajentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | laajennatte | ette laajenna | 2nd plur. | olette laajentaneet | ette ole laajentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | laajentavat | eivät laajenna | 3rd plur. | ovat laajentaneet | eivät ole laajentaneet | |
| passive | laajennetaan | ei laajenneta | passive | on laajennettu | ei ole laajennettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | laajensin | en laajentanut | 1st sing. | olin laajentanut | en ollut laajentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | laajensit | et laajentanut | 2nd sing. | olit laajentanut | et ollut laajentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | laajensi | ei laajentanut | 3rd sing. | oli laajentanut | ei ollut laajentanut | |
| 1st plur. | laajensimme | emme laajentaneet | 1st plur. | olimme laajentaneet | emme olleet laajentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | laajensitte | ette laajentaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte laajentaneet | ette olleet laajentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | laajensivat | eivät laajentaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat laajentaneet | eivät olleet laajentaneet | |
| passive | laajennettiin | ei laajennettu | passive | oli laajennettu | ei ollut laajennettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | laajentaisin | en laajentaisi | 1st sing. | olisin laajentanut | en olisi laajentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | laajentaisit | et laajentaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit laajentanut | et olisi laajentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | laajentaisi | ei laajentaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi laajentanut | ei olisi laajentanut | |
| 1st plur. | laajentaisimme | emme laajentaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme laajentaneet | emme olisi laajentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | laajentaisitte | ette laajentaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte laajentaneet | ette olisi laajentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | laajentaisivat | eivät laajentaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat laajentaneet | eivät olisi laajentaneet | |
| passive | laajennettaisiin | ei laajennettaisi | passive | olisi laajennettu | ei olisi laajennettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | laajenna | älä laajenna | 2nd sing. | ole laajentanut | älä ole laajentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | laajentakoon | älköön laajentako | 3rd sing. | olkoon laajentanut | älköön olko laajentanut | |
| 1st plur. | laajentakaamme | älkäämme laajentako | 1st plur. | olkaamme laajentaneet | älkäämme olko laajentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | laajentakaa | älkää laajentako | 2nd plur. | olkaa laajentaneet | älkää olko laajentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | laajentakoot | älkööt laajentako | 3rd plur. | olkoot laajentaneet | älkööt olko laajentaneet | |
| passive | laajennettakoon | älköön laajennettako | passive | olkoon laajennettu | älköön olko laajennettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | laajentanen | en laajentane | 1st sing. | lienen laajentanut | en liene laajentanut | |
| 2nd sing. | laajentanet | et laajentane | 2nd sing. | lienet laajentanut | et liene laajentanut | |
| 3rd sing. | laajentanee | ei laajentane | 3rd sing. | lienee laajentanut | ei liene laajentanut | |
| 1st plur. | laajentanemme | emme laajentane | 1st plur. | lienemme laajentaneet | emme liene laajentaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | laajentanette | ette laajentane | 2nd plur. | lienette laajentaneet | ette liene laajentaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | laajentanevat | eivät laajentane | 3rd plur. | lienevät laajentaneet | eivät liene laajentaneet | |
| passive | laajennettaneen | ei laajennettane | passive | lienee laajennettu | ei liene laajennettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | laajentaa | present | laajentava | laajennettava | ||
| long 1st2 | laajentaakseen | past | laajentanut | laajennettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | laajentaessa | laajennettaessa | agent1, 3 | laajentama | |
| instructive | laajentaen | — | negative | laajentamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | laajentamassa | — | 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 | laajentamasta | — | ||||
| illative | laajentamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | laajentamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | laajentamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | laajentaman | laajennettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | laajentaminen | ||||
| partitive | laajentamista | |||||
| 5th2 | laajentamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to escalate) kiihdyttää (vähitellen), eskaloida
Derived terms
- nouns: laajennus, laajentaminen
- verbs: frequentative laajennella, passive laajentua
Related terms
Verb
laajentaa
- Third-person singular indicative present form of laajentaa.