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Definition 2025
naputtaa
naputtaa
Finnish
Verb
naputtaa
- To tap (to touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface, usually repeatedly).
- Hän oli niin hermostunut, että alkoi naputtaa pöytää sormillaan.
- He was so nervous he began to tap his fingers on the table.
- Hän oli niin hermostunut, että alkoi naputtaa pöytää sormillaan.
- To make a sharp noise.
- Tuulessa huojuva puu alkoi naputtaa ikkunaan.
- The tree, swaying in the breeze, began to tap on the window pane.
- Tuulessa huojuva puu alkoi naputtaa ikkunaan.
- (colloquial) To type.
- (colloquial) To nag.
Conjugation
| Inflection of naputtaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | naputan | en naputa | 1st sing. | olen naputtanut | en ole naputtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | naputat | et naputa | 2nd sing. | olet naputtanut | et ole naputtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | naputtaa | ei naputa | 3rd sing. | on naputtanut | ei ole naputtanut | |
| 1st plur. | naputamme | emme naputa | 1st plur. | olemme naputtaneet | emme ole naputtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | naputatte | ette naputa | 2nd plur. | olette naputtaneet | ette ole naputtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | naputtavat | eivät naputa | 3rd plur. | ovat naputtaneet | eivät ole naputtaneet | |
| passive | naputetaan | ei naputeta | passive | on naputettu | ei ole naputettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | naputin | en naputtanut | 1st sing. | olin naputtanut | en ollut naputtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | naputit | et naputtanut | 2nd sing. | olit naputtanut | et ollut naputtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | naputti | ei naputtanut | 3rd sing. | oli naputtanut | ei ollut naputtanut | |
| 1st plur. | naputimme | emme naputtaneet | 1st plur. | olimme naputtaneet | emme olleet naputtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | naputitte | ette naputtaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte naputtaneet | ette olleet naputtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | naputtivat | eivät naputtaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat naputtaneet | eivät olleet naputtaneet | |
| passive | naputettiin | ei naputettu | passive | oli naputettu | ei ollut naputettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | naputtaisin | en naputtaisi | 1st sing. | olisin naputtanut | en olisi naputtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | naputtaisit | et naputtaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit naputtanut | et olisi naputtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | naputtaisi | ei naputtaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi naputtanut | ei olisi naputtanut | |
| 1st plur. | naputtaisimme | emme naputtaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme naputtaneet | emme olisi naputtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | naputtaisitte | ette naputtaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte naputtaneet | ette olisi naputtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | naputtaisivat | eivät naputtaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat naputtaneet | eivät olisi naputtaneet | |
| passive | naputettaisiin | ei naputettaisi | passive | olisi naputettu | ei olisi naputettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | naputa | älä naputa | 2nd sing. | ole naputtanut | älä ole naputtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | naputtakoon | älköön naputtako | 3rd sing. | olkoon naputtanut | älköön olko naputtanut | |
| 1st plur. | naputtakaamme | älkäämme naputtako | 1st plur. | olkaamme naputtaneet | älkäämme olko naputtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | naputtakaa | älkää naputtako | 2nd plur. | olkaa naputtaneet | älkää olko naputtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | naputtakoot | älkööt naputtako | 3rd plur. | olkoot naputtaneet | älkööt olko naputtaneet | |
| passive | naputettakoon | älköön naputettako | passive | olkoon naputettu | älköön olko naputettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | naputtanen | en naputtane | 1st sing. | lienen naputtanut | en liene naputtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | naputtanet | et naputtane | 2nd sing. | lienet naputtanut | et liene naputtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | naputtanee | ei naputtane | 3rd sing. | lienee naputtanut | ei liene naputtanut | |
| 1st plur. | naputtanemme | emme naputtane | 1st plur. | lienemme naputtaneet | emme liene naputtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | naputtanette | ette naputtane | 2nd plur. | lienette naputtaneet | ette liene naputtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | naputtanevat | eivät naputtane | 3rd plur. | lienevät naputtaneet | eivät liene naputtaneet | |
| passive | naputettaneen | ei naputettane | passive | lienee naputettu | ei liene naputettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | naputtaa | present | naputtava | naputettava | ||
| long 1st2 | naputtaakseen | past | naputtanut | naputettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | naputtaessa | naputettaessa | agent1, 3 | naputtama | |
| instructive | naputtaen | — | negative | naputtamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | naputtamassa | — | 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 | naputtamasta | — | ||||
| illative | naputtamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | naputtamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | naputtamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | naputtaman | naputettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | naputtaminen | ||||
| partitive | naputtamista | |||||
| 5th2 | naputtamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
Synonyms
- (to touch a surface repeatedly): naputella
- (to make a sharp noise): koputtaa
- (to type): kirjoittaa, konekirjoittaa
- (to nag): nalkuttaa