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Definition 2025
opetella
opetella
Finnish
Verb
opetella
- (intransitive) To (gradually) learn (to do something = active 3rd infinitive in illative, -maan/-mään).
- (transitive) To (gradually) learn (something), study (something).
Conjugation
| Inflection of opetella (Kotus type 67/tulla, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | opettelen | en opettele | 1st sing. | olen opetellut | en ole opetellut | |
| 2nd sing. | opettelet | et opettele | 2nd sing. | olet opetellut | et ole opetellut | |
| 3rd sing. | opettelee | ei opettele | 3rd sing. | on opetellut | ei ole opetellut | |
| 1st plur. | opettelemme | emme opettele | 1st plur. | olemme opetelleet | emme ole opetelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | opettelette | ette opettele | 2nd plur. | olette opetelleet | ette ole opetelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | opettelevat | eivät opettele | 3rd plur. | ovat opetelleet | eivät ole opetelleet | |
| passive | opetellaan | ei opetella | passive | on opeteltu | ei ole opeteltu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | opettelin | en opetellut | 1st sing. | olin opetellut | en ollut opetellut | |
| 2nd sing. | opettelit | et opetellut | 2nd sing. | olit opetellut | et ollut opetellut | |
| 3rd sing. | opetteli | ei opetellut | 3rd sing. | oli opetellut | ei ollut opetellut | |
| 1st plur. | opettelimme | emme opetelleet | 1st plur. | olimme opetelleet | emme olleet opetelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | opettelitte | ette opetelleet | 2nd plur. | olitte opetelleet | ette olleet opetelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | opettelivat | eivät opetelleet | 3rd plur. | olivat opetelleet | eivät olleet opetelleet | |
| passive | opeteltiin | ei opeteltu | passive | oli opeteltu | ei ollut opeteltu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | opettelisin | en opettelisi | 1st sing. | olisin opetellut | en olisi opetellut | |
| 2nd sing. | opettelisit | et opettelisi | 2nd sing. | olisit opetellut | et olisi opetellut | |
| 3rd sing. | opettelisi | ei opettelisi | 3rd sing. | olisi opetellut | ei olisi opetellut | |
| 1st plur. | opettelisimme | emme opettelisi | 1st plur. | olisimme opetelleet | emme olisi opetelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | opettelisitte | ette opettelisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte opetelleet | ette olisi opetelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | opettelisivat | eivät opettelisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat opetelleet | eivät olisi opetelleet | |
| passive | opeteltaisiin | ei opeteltaisi | passive | olisi opeteltu | ei olisi opeteltu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | opettele | älä opettele | 2nd sing. | ole opetellut | älä ole opetellut | |
| 3rd sing. | opetelkoon | älköön opetelko | 3rd sing. | olkoon opetellut | älköön olko opetellut | |
| 1st plur. | opetelkaamme | älkäämme opetelko | 1st plur. | olkaamme opetelleet | älkäämme olko opetelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | opetelkaa | älkää opetelko | 2nd plur. | olkaa opetelleet | älkää olko opetelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | opetelkoot | älkööt opetelko | 3rd plur. | olkoot opetelleet | älkööt olko opetelleet | |
| passive | opeteltakoon | älköön opeteltako | passive | olkoon opeteltu | älköön olko opeteltu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | opetellen | en opetelle | 1st sing. | lienen opetellut | en liene opetellut | |
| 2nd sing. | opetellet | et opetelle | 2nd sing. | lienet opetellut | et liene opetellut | |
| 3rd sing. | opetellee | ei opetelle | 3rd sing. | lienee opetellut | ei liene opetellut | |
| 1st plur. | opetellemme | emme opetelle | 1st plur. | lienemme opetelleet | emme liene opetelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | opetellette | ette opetelle | 2nd plur. | lienette opetelleet | ette liene opetelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | opetellevat | eivät opetelle | 3rd plur. | lienevät opetelleet | eivät liene opetelleet | |
| passive | opeteltaneen | ei opeteltane | passive | lienee opeteltu | ei liene opeteltu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | opetella | present | opetteleva | opeteltava | ||
| long 1st2 | opetellakseen | past | opetellut | opeteltu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | opetellessa | opeteltaessa | agent1, 3 | opettelema | |
| instructive | opetellen | — | negative | opettelematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | opettelemassa | — | 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 | opettelemasta | — | ||||
| illative | opettelemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | opettelemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | opettelematta | — | ||||
| instructive | opetteleman | opeteltaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | opetteleminen | ||||
| partitive | opettelemista | |||||
| 5th2 | opettelemaisillaan | |||||