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Definition 2024
mahtaa
mahtaa
Finnish
(index ma)
Verb
mahtaa
- (intransitive, auxiliary + infinitive) must do, to probably (do)
- (transitive) to be able to, can do (about something = allative)
- En mahda sille mitään.
- There's nothing I can do about it.
- I can't help it.
- En mahda sille mitään.
Conjugation
| Inflection of mahtaa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, t-d gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | mahdan | en mahda | 1st sing. | olen mahtanut | en ole mahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | mahdat | et mahda | 2nd sing. | olet mahtanut | et ole mahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | mahtaa | ei mahda | 3rd sing. | on mahtanut | ei ole mahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | mahdamme | emme mahda | 1st plur. | olemme mahtaneet | emme ole mahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | mahdatte | ette mahda | 2nd plur. | olette mahtaneet | ette ole mahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | mahtavat | eivät mahda | 3rd plur. | ovat mahtaneet | eivät ole mahtaneet | |
| passive | mahdetaan | ei mahdeta | passive | on mahdettu | ei ole mahdettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | mahdoin | en mahtanut | 1st sing. | olin mahtanut | en ollut mahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | mahdoit | et mahtanut | 2nd sing. | olit mahtanut | et ollut mahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | mahtoi | ei mahtanut | 3rd sing. | oli mahtanut | ei ollut mahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | mahdoimme | emme mahtaneet | 1st plur. | olimme mahtaneet | emme olleet mahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | mahdoitte | ette mahtaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte mahtaneet | ette olleet mahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | mahtoivat | eivät mahtaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat mahtaneet | eivät olleet mahtaneet | |
| passive | mahdettiin | ei mahdettu | passive | oli mahdettu | ei ollut mahdettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | mahtaisin | en mahtaisi | 1st sing. | olisin mahtanut | en olisi mahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | mahtaisit | et mahtaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit mahtanut | et olisi mahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | mahtaisi | ei mahtaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi mahtanut | ei olisi mahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | mahtaisimme | emme mahtaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme mahtaneet | emme olisi mahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | mahtaisitte | ette mahtaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte mahtaneet | ette olisi mahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | mahtaisivat | eivät mahtaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat mahtaneet | eivät olisi mahtaneet | |
| passive | mahdettaisiin | ei mahdettaisi | passive | olisi mahdettu | ei olisi mahdettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | mahda | älä mahda | 2nd sing. | ole mahtanut | älä ole mahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | mahtakoon | älköön mahtako | 3rd sing. | olkoon mahtanut | älköön olko mahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | mahtakaamme | älkäämme mahtako | 1st plur. | olkaamme mahtaneet | älkäämme olko mahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | mahtakaa | älkää mahtako | 2nd plur. | olkaa mahtaneet | älkää olko mahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | mahtakoot | älkööt mahtako | 3rd plur. | olkoot mahtaneet | älkööt olko mahtaneet | |
| passive | mahdettakoon | älköön mahdettako | passive | olkoon mahdettu | älköön olko mahdettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | mahtanen | en mahtane | 1st sing. | lienen mahtanut | en liene mahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | mahtanet | et mahtane | 2nd sing. | lienet mahtanut | et liene mahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | mahtanee | ei mahtane | 3rd sing. | lienee mahtanut | ei liene mahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | mahtanemme | emme mahtane | 1st plur. | lienemme mahtaneet | emme liene mahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | mahtanette | ette mahtane | 2nd plur. | lienette mahtaneet | ette liene mahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | mahtanevat | eivät mahtane | 3rd plur. | lienevät mahtaneet | eivät liene mahtaneet | |
| passive | mahdettaneen | ei mahdettane | passive | lienee mahdettu | ei liene mahdettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | mahtaa | present | mahtava | mahdettava | ||
| long 1st2 | mahtaakseen | past | mahtanut | mahdettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | mahtaessa | mahdettaessa | agent1, 3 | mahtama | |
| instructive | mahtaen | — | negative | mahtamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | mahtamassa | — | 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 | mahtamasta | — | ||||
| illative | mahtamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | mahtamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | mahtamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | mahtaman | mahdettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | mahtaminen | ||||
| partitive | mahtamista | |||||
| 5th2 | mahtamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to must) taitaa
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
mahtaa
- Third-person singular indicative present form of mahtaa.