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sanoa
sanoa
Finnish
(index sa)
Verb
sanoa
- (transitive, intransitive) to say, tell (transitive → + partitive or accusative "something", intransitive → + elative, "about something")
- (transitive usage) Sanoiko hän sen?
- Did she say it?
- (intransitive usage) Sanoiko hän siitä mitään?
- Did she say anything about it?
- (transitive usage) Sanoiko hän sen?
Conjugation
| Inflection of sanoa (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sanon | en sano | 1st sing. | olen sanonut | en ole sanonut | |
| 2nd sing. | sanot | et sano | 2nd sing. | olet sanonut | et ole sanonut | |
| 3rd sing. | sanoo | ei sano | 3rd sing. | on sanonut | ei ole sanonut | |
| 1st plur. | sanomme | emme sano | 1st plur. | olemme sanoneet | emme ole sanoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sanotte | ette sano | 2nd plur. | olette sanoneet | ette ole sanoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sanovat | eivät sano | 3rd plur. | ovat sanoneet | eivät ole sanoneet | |
| passive | sanotaan | ei sanota | passive | on sanottu | ei ole sanottu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sanoin | en sanonut | 1st sing. | olin sanonut | en ollut sanonut | |
| 2nd sing. | sanoit | et sanonut | 2nd sing. | olit sanonut | et ollut sanonut | |
| 3rd sing. | sanoi | ei sanonut | 3rd sing. | oli sanonut | ei ollut sanonut | |
| 1st plur. | sanoimme | emme sanoneet | 1st plur. | olimme sanoneet | emme olleet sanoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sanoitte | ette sanoneet | 2nd plur. | olitte sanoneet | ette olleet sanoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sanoivat | eivät sanoneet | 3rd plur. | olivat sanoneet | eivät olleet sanoneet | |
| passive | sanottiin | ei sanottu | passive | oli sanottu | ei ollut sanottu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sanoisin | en sanoisi | 1st sing. | olisin sanonut | en olisi sanonut | |
| 2nd sing. | sanoisit | et sanoisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sanonut | et olisi sanonut | |
| 3rd sing. | sanoisi | ei sanoisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sanonut | ei olisi sanonut | |
| 1st plur. | sanoisimme | emme sanoisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sanoneet | emme olisi sanoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sanoisitte | ette sanoisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sanoneet | ette olisi sanoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sanoisivat | eivät sanoisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sanoneet | eivät olisi sanoneet | |
| passive | sanottaisiin | ei sanottaisi | passive | olisi sanottu | ei olisi sanottu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sano | älä sano | 2nd sing. | ole sanonut | älä ole sanonut | |
| 3rd sing. | sanokoon | älköön sanoko | 3rd sing. | olkoon sanonut | älköön olko sanonut | |
| 1st plur. | sanokaamme | älkäämme sanoko | 1st plur. | olkaamme sanoneet | älkäämme olko sanoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sanokaa | älkää sanoko | 2nd plur. | olkaa sanoneet | älkää olko sanoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sanokoot | älkööt sanoko | 3rd plur. | olkoot sanoneet | älkööt olko sanoneet | |
| passive | sanottakoon | älköön sanottako | passive | olkoon sanottu | älköön olko sanottu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sanonen | en sanone | 1st sing. | lienen sanonut | en liene sanonut | |
| 2nd sing. | sanonet | et sanone | 2nd sing. | lienet sanonut | et liene sanonut | |
| 3rd sing. | sanonee | ei sanone | 3rd sing. | lienee sanonut | ei liene sanonut | |
| 1st plur. | sanonemme | emme sanone | 1st plur. | lienemme sanoneet | emme liene sanoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sanonette | ette sanone | 2nd plur. | lienette sanoneet | ette liene sanoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sanonevat | eivät sanone | 3rd plur. | lienevät sanoneet | eivät liene sanoneet | |
| passive | sanottaneen | ei sanottane | passive | lienee sanottu | ei liene sanottu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sanoa | present | sanova | sanottava | ||
| long 1st2 | sanoakseen | past | sanonut | sanottu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sanoessa | sanottaessa | agent1, 3 | sanoma | |
| instructive | sanoen | — | negative | sanomaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sanomassa | — | 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 | sanomasta | — | ||||
| illative | sanomaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sanomalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sanomatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sanoman | sanottaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sanominen | ||||
| partitive | sanomista | |||||
| 5th2 | sanomaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: sanoma, sanonta
- verbs: olla sanomista