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potea
potea
Finnish
(index po)
Verb
potea
- (transitive, + partitive) To be sick with, have, suffer from (a disease or, figuratively, a mental state).
- ~ flunssaa = to have the flu.
- ~ syyllisyyttä = to be sick with guilt.
Conjugation
| Inflection of potea (Kotus type 58/laskea, t-d gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | poden | en pode | 1st sing. | olen potenut | en ole potenut | |
| 2nd sing. | podet | et pode | 2nd sing. | olet potenut | et ole potenut | |
| 3rd sing. | potee | ei pode | 3rd sing. | on potenut | ei ole potenut | |
| 1st plur. | podemme | emme pode | 1st plur. | olemme poteneet | emme ole poteneet | |
| 2nd plur. | podette | ette pode | 2nd plur. | olette poteneet | ette ole poteneet | |
| 3rd plur. | potevat | eivät pode | 3rd plur. | ovat poteneet | eivät ole poteneet | |
| passive | podetaan | ei podeta | passive | on podettu | ei ole podettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | podin | en potenut | 1st sing. | olin potenut | en ollut potenut | |
| 2nd sing. | podit | et potenut | 2nd sing. | olit potenut | et ollut potenut | |
| 3rd sing. | poti | ei potenut | 3rd sing. | oli potenut | ei ollut potenut | |
| 1st plur. | podimme | emme poteneet | 1st plur. | olimme poteneet | emme olleet poteneet | |
| 2nd plur. | poditte | ette poteneet | 2nd plur. | olitte poteneet | ette olleet poteneet | |
| 3rd plur. | potivat | eivät poteneet | 3rd plur. | olivat poteneet | eivät olleet poteneet | |
| passive | podettiin | ei podettu | passive | oli podettu | ei ollut podettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | potisin | en potisi | 1st sing. | olisin potenut | en olisi potenut | |
| 2nd sing. | potisit | et potisi | 2nd sing. | olisit potenut | et olisi potenut | |
| 3rd sing. | potisi | ei potisi | 3rd sing. | olisi potenut | ei olisi potenut | |
| 1st plur. | potisimme | emme potisi | 1st plur. | olisimme poteneet | emme olisi poteneet | |
| 2nd plur. | potisitte | ette potisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte poteneet | ette olisi poteneet | |
| 3rd plur. | potisivat | eivät potisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat poteneet | eivät olisi poteneet | |
| passive | podettaisiin | ei podettaisi | passive | olisi podettu | ei olisi podettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | pode | älä pode | 2nd sing. | ole potenut | älä ole potenut | |
| 3rd sing. | potekoon | älköön poteko | 3rd sing. | olkoon potenut | älköön olko potenut | |
| 1st plur. | potekaamme | älkäämme poteko | 1st plur. | olkaamme poteneet | älkäämme olko poteneet | |
| 2nd plur. | potekaa | älkää poteko | 2nd plur. | olkaa poteneet | älkää olko poteneet | |
| 3rd plur. | potekoot | älkööt poteko | 3rd plur. | olkoot poteneet | älkööt olko poteneet | |
| passive | podettakoon | älköön podettako | passive | olkoon podettu | älköön olko podettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | potenen | en potene | 1st sing. | lienen potenut | en liene potenut | |
| 2nd sing. | potenet | et potene | 2nd sing. | lienet potenut | et liene potenut | |
| 3rd sing. | potenee | ei potene | 3rd sing. | lienee potenut | ei liene potenut | |
| 1st plur. | potenemme | emme potene | 1st plur. | lienemme poteneet | emme liene poteneet | |
| 2nd plur. | potenette | ette potene | 2nd plur. | lienette poteneet | ette liene poteneet | |
| 3rd plur. | potenevat | eivät potene | 3rd plur. | lienevät poteneet | eivät liene poteneet | |
| passive | podettaneen | ei podettane | passive | lienee podettu | ei liene podettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | potea | present | poteva | podettava | ||
| long 1st2 | poteakseen | past | potenut | podettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | potiessa | podettaessa | agent1, 3 | potema | |
| instructive | potien | — | negative | potematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | potemassa | — | 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 | potemasta | — | ||||
| illative | potemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | potemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | potematta | — | ||||
| instructive | poteman | podettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | poteminen | ||||
| partitive | potemista | |||||
| 5th2 | potemaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: potilas