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opettaa
opettaa
Finnish
(index op)
Verb
opettaa
- (transitive) To teach someone (= partitive) to do something (= active 3rd infinitive in illative, -maan/-mään).
- (transitive) To teach someone (= allative) about something (= elative).
Conjugation
| Inflection of opettaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | opetan | en opeta | 1st sing. | olen opettanut | en ole opettanut | |
| 2nd sing. | opetat | et opeta | 2nd sing. | olet opettanut | et ole opettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | opettaa | ei opeta | 3rd sing. | on opettanut | ei ole opettanut | |
| 1st plur. | opetamme | emme opeta | 1st plur. | olemme opettaneet | emme ole opettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | opetatte | ette opeta | 2nd plur. | olette opettaneet | ette ole opettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | opettavat | eivät opeta | 3rd plur. | ovat opettaneet | eivät ole opettaneet | |
| passive | opetetaan | ei opeteta | passive | on opetettu | ei ole opetettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | opetin | en opettanut | 1st sing. | olin opettanut | en ollut opettanut | |
| 2nd sing. | opetit | et opettanut | 2nd sing. | olit opettanut | et ollut opettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | opetti | ei opettanut | 3rd sing. | oli opettanut | ei ollut opettanut | |
| 1st plur. | opetimme | emme opettaneet | 1st plur. | olimme opettaneet | emme olleet opettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | opetitte | ette opettaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte opettaneet | ette olleet opettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | opettivat | eivät opettaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat opettaneet | eivät olleet opettaneet | |
| passive | opetettiin | ei opetettu | passive | oli opetettu | ei ollut opetettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | opettaisin | en opettaisi | 1st sing. | olisin opettanut | en olisi opettanut | |
| 2nd sing. | opettaisit | et opettaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit opettanut | et olisi opettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | opettaisi | ei opettaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi opettanut | ei olisi opettanut | |
| 1st plur. | opettaisimme | emme opettaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme opettaneet | emme olisi opettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | opettaisitte | ette opettaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte opettaneet | ette olisi opettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | opettaisivat | eivät opettaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat opettaneet | eivät olisi opettaneet | |
| passive | opetettaisiin | ei opetettaisi | passive | olisi opetettu | ei olisi opetettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | opeta | älä opeta | 2nd sing. | ole opettanut | älä ole opettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | opettakoon | älköön opettako | 3rd sing. | olkoon opettanut | älköön olko opettanut | |
| 1st plur. | opettakaamme | älkäämme opettako | 1st plur. | olkaamme opettaneet | älkäämme olko opettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | opettakaa | älkää opettako | 2nd plur. | olkaa opettaneet | älkää olko opettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | opettakoot | älkööt opettako | 3rd plur. | olkoot opettaneet | älkööt olko opettaneet | |
| passive | opetettakoon | älköön opetettako | passive | olkoon opetettu | älköön olko opetettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | opettanen | en opettane | 1st sing. | lienen opettanut | en liene opettanut | |
| 2nd sing. | opettanet | et opettane | 2nd sing. | lienet opettanut | et liene opettanut | |
| 3rd sing. | opettanee | ei opettane | 3rd sing. | lienee opettanut | ei liene opettanut | |
| 1st plur. | opettanemme | emme opettane | 1st plur. | lienemme opettaneet | emme liene opettaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | opettanette | ette opettane | 2nd plur. | lienette opettaneet | ette liene opettaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | opettanevat | eivät opettane | 3rd plur. | lienevät opettaneet | eivät liene opettaneet | |
| passive | opetettaneen | ei opetettane | passive | lienee opetettu | ei liene opetettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | opettaa | present | opettava | opetettava | ||
| long 1st2 | opettaakseen | past | opettanut | opetettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | opettaessa | opetettaessa | agent1, 3 | opettama | |
| instructive | opettaen | — | negative | opettamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | opettamassa | — | 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 | opettamasta | — | ||||
| illative | opettamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | opettamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | opettamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | opettaman | opetettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | opettaminen | ||||
| partitive | opettamista | |||||
| 5th2 | opettamaisillaan | |||||