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Definition 2025
perustella
perustella
Finnish
Verb
perustella
- (transitive) To justify, to provide an explanation for.
Conjugation
| Inflection of perustella (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | perustelen | en perustele | 1st sing. | olen perustellut | en ole perustellut | |
| 2nd sing. | perustelet | et perustele | 2nd sing. | olet perustellut | et ole perustellut | |
| 3rd sing. | perustelee | ei perustele | 3rd sing. | on perustellut | ei ole perustellut | |
| 1st plur. | perustelemme | emme perustele | 1st plur. | olemme perustelleet | emme ole perustelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | perustelette | ette perustele | 2nd plur. | olette perustelleet | ette ole perustelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | perustelevat | eivät perustele | 3rd plur. | ovat perustelleet | eivät ole perustelleet | |
| passive | perustellaan | ei perustella | passive | on perusteltu | ei ole perusteltu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | perustelin | en perustellut | 1st sing. | olin perustellut | en ollut perustellut | |
| 2nd sing. | perustelit | et perustellut | 2nd sing. | olit perustellut | et ollut perustellut | |
| 3rd sing. | perusteli | ei perustellut | 3rd sing. | oli perustellut | ei ollut perustellut | |
| 1st plur. | perustelimme | emme perustelleet | 1st plur. | olimme perustelleet | emme olleet perustelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | perustelitte | ette perustelleet | 2nd plur. | olitte perustelleet | ette olleet perustelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | perustelivat | eivät perustelleet | 3rd plur. | olivat perustelleet | eivät olleet perustelleet | |
| passive | perusteltiin | ei perusteltu | passive | oli perusteltu | ei ollut perusteltu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | perustelisin | en perustelisi | 1st sing. | olisin perustellut | en olisi perustellut | |
| 2nd sing. | perustelisit | et perustelisi | 2nd sing. | olisit perustellut | et olisi perustellut | |
| 3rd sing. | perustelisi | ei perustelisi | 3rd sing. | olisi perustellut | ei olisi perustellut | |
| 1st plur. | perustelisimme | emme perustelisi | 1st plur. | olisimme perustelleet | emme olisi perustelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | perustelisitte | ette perustelisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte perustelleet | ette olisi perustelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | perustelisivat | eivät perustelisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat perustelleet | eivät olisi perustelleet | |
| passive | perusteltaisiin | ei perusteltaisi | passive | olisi perusteltu | ei olisi perusteltu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | perustele | älä perustele | 2nd sing. | ole perustellut | älä ole perustellut | |
| 3rd sing. | perustelkoon | älköön perustelko | 3rd sing. | olkoon perustellut | älköön olko perustellut | |
| 1st plur. | perustelkaamme | älkäämme perustelko | 1st plur. | olkaamme perustelleet | älkäämme olko perustelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | perustelkaa | älkää perustelko | 2nd plur. | olkaa perustelleet | älkää olko perustelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | perustelkoot | älkööt perustelko | 3rd plur. | olkoot perustelleet | älkööt olko perustelleet | |
| passive | perusteltakoon | älköön perusteltako | passive | olkoon perusteltu | älköön olko perusteltu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | perustellen | en perustelle | 1st sing. | lienen perustellut | en liene perustellut | |
| 2nd sing. | perustellet | et perustelle | 2nd sing. | lienet perustellut | et liene perustellut | |
| 3rd sing. | perustellee | ei perustelle | 3rd sing. | lienee perustellut | ei liene perustellut | |
| 1st plur. | perustellemme | emme perustelle | 1st plur. | lienemme perustelleet | emme liene perustelleet | |
| 2nd plur. | perustellette | ette perustelle | 2nd plur. | lienette perustelleet | ette liene perustelleet | |
| 3rd plur. | perustellevat | eivät perustelle | 3rd plur. | lienevät perustelleet | eivät liene perustelleet | |
| passive | perusteltaneen | ei perusteltane | passive | lienee perusteltu | ei liene perusteltu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | perustella | present | perusteleva | perusteltava | ||
| long 1st2 | perustellakseen | past | perustellut | perusteltu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | perustellessa | perusteltaessa | agent1, 3 | perustelema | |
| instructive | perustellen | — | negative | perustelematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | perustelemassa | — | 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 | perustelemasta | — | ||||
| illative | perustelemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | perustelemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | perustelematta | — | ||||
| instructive | perusteleman | perusteltaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | perusteleminen | ||||
| partitive | perustelemista | |||||
| 5th2 | perustelemaisillaan | |||||