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Definition 2024
otan_osaa
ottaa
Finnish
(index ot)
Verb
ottaa
- (transitive) To take; to deprive of, bereave of.
- Ota lasi pöydältä.
- Take the glass from the table.
- Hallitus otti meiltä kaikki vapaudet.
- The government deprived us of all the liberties.
- Ota lasi pöydältä.
- (transitive, periphrase) To drink (alcohol), take (medicine).
- Oletko ottanut jotakin?
- Have you been drinking/taking something?
- Oletko ottanut jotakin?
- (intransitive + illative) To touch, reach down/up to, hang down to.
Usage notes
- (to deprive, bereave) The thing someone is bereaved of is the direct object of the verb and the person bereaved is in the ablative case.
Conjugation
| Inflection of ottaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | otan | en ota | 1st sing. | olen ottanut | en ole ottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | otat | et ota | 2nd sing. | olet ottanut | et ole ottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ottaa | ei ota | 3rd sing. | on ottanut | ei ole ottanut | |
| 1st plur. | otamme | emme ota | 1st plur. | olemme ottaneet | emme ole ottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | otatte | ette ota | 2nd plur. | olette ottaneet | ette ole ottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ottavat | eivät ota | 3rd plur. | ovat ottaneet | eivät ole ottaneet | |
| passive | otetaan | ei oteta | passive | on otettu | ei ole otettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | otin | en ottanut | 1st sing. | olin ottanut | en ollut ottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | otit | et ottanut | 2nd sing. | olit ottanut | et ollut ottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | otti | ei ottanut | 3rd sing. | oli ottanut | ei ollut ottanut | |
| 1st plur. | otimme | emme ottaneet | 1st plur. | olimme ottaneet | emme olleet ottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | otitte | ette ottaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte ottaneet | ette olleet ottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ottivat | eivät ottaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat ottaneet | eivät olleet ottaneet | |
| passive | otettiin | ei otettu | passive | oli otettu | ei ollut otettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ottaisin | en ottaisi | 1st sing. | olisin ottanut | en olisi ottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ottaisit | et ottaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit ottanut | et olisi ottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ottaisi | ei ottaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi ottanut | ei olisi ottanut | |
| 1st plur. | ottaisimme | emme ottaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme ottaneet | emme olisi ottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ottaisitte | ette ottaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte ottaneet | ette olisi ottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ottaisivat | eivät ottaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat ottaneet | eivät olisi ottaneet | |
| passive | otettaisiin | ei otettaisi | passive | olisi otettu | ei olisi otettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | ota | älä ota | 2nd sing. | ole ottanut | älä ole ottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ottakoon | älköön ottako | 3rd sing. | olkoon ottanut | älköön olko ottanut | |
| 1st plur. | ottakaamme | älkäämme ottako | 1st plur. | olkaamme ottaneet | älkäämme olko ottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ottakaa | älkää ottako | 2nd plur. | olkaa ottaneet | älkää olko ottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ottakoot | älkööt ottako | 3rd plur. | olkoot ottaneet | älkööt olko ottaneet | |
| passive | otettakoon | älköön otettako | passive | olkoon otettu | älköön olko otettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ottanen | en ottane | 1st sing. | lienen ottanut | en liene ottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ottanet | et ottane | 2nd sing. | lienet ottanut | et liene ottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ottanee | ei ottane | 3rd sing. | lienee ottanut | ei liene ottanut | |
| 1st plur. | ottanemme | emme ottane | 1st plur. | lienemme ottaneet | emme liene ottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ottanette | ette ottane | 2nd plur. | lienette ottaneet | ette liene ottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ottanevat | eivät ottane | 3rd plur. | lienevät ottaneet | eivät liene ottaneet | |
| passive | otettaneen | ei otettane | passive | lienee otettu | ei liene otettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | ottaa | present | ottava | otettava | ||
| long 1st2 | ottaakseen | past | ottanut | otettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | ottaessa | otettaessa | agent1, 3 | ottama | |
| instructive | ottaen | — | negative | ottamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | ottamassa | — | 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 | ottamasta | — | ||||
| illative | ottamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | ottamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | ottamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | ottaman | otettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | ottaminen | ||||
| partitive | ottamista | |||||
| 5th2 | ottamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (deprive, bereave): riistää
Derived terms
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