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tarkistaa
tarkistaa
Finnish
(index ta)
Verb
tarkistaa
- (transitive, + genitive-accusative) to check, inspect, verify, check up (to ensure something is functioning properly or is in the state or condition it is supposed to be)
Usage notes
- Tarkastaa and tarkistaa are very close to each other in their meaning. However, tarkastaa means "to check, inspect, look at, study" and "to study the suitability, competence or qualifications of sth, e.g. in order to find possible defects", whereas tarkistaa means "to check, inspect, look" and "to study" and at the same time "to correct or amend the possible flaws or defects".
Conjugation
| Inflection of tarkistaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tarkistan | en tarkista | 1st sing. | olen tarkistanut | en ole tarkistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | tarkistat | et tarkista | 2nd sing. | olet tarkistanut | et ole tarkistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tarkistaa | ei tarkista | 3rd sing. | on tarkistanut | ei ole tarkistanut | |
| 1st plur. | tarkistamme | emme tarkista | 1st plur. | olemme tarkistaneet | emme ole tarkistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tarkistatte | ette tarkista | 2nd plur. | olette tarkistaneet | ette ole tarkistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tarkistavat | eivät tarkista | 3rd plur. | ovat tarkistaneet | eivät ole tarkistaneet | |
| passive | tarkistetaan | ei tarkisteta | passive | on tarkistettu | ei ole tarkistettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tarkistin | en tarkistanut | 1st sing. | olin tarkistanut | en ollut tarkistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | tarkistit | et tarkistanut | 2nd sing. | olit tarkistanut | et ollut tarkistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tarkisti | ei tarkistanut | 3rd sing. | oli tarkistanut | ei ollut tarkistanut | |
| 1st plur. | tarkistimme | emme tarkistaneet | 1st plur. | olimme tarkistaneet | emme olleet tarkistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tarkistitte | ette tarkistaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte tarkistaneet | ette olleet tarkistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tarkistivat | eivät tarkistaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat tarkistaneet | eivät olleet tarkistaneet | |
| passive | tarkistettiin | ei tarkistettu | passive | oli tarkistettu | ei ollut tarkistettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tarkistaisin | en tarkistaisi | 1st sing. | olisin tarkistanut | en olisi tarkistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | tarkistaisit | et tarkistaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit tarkistanut | et olisi tarkistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tarkistaisi | ei tarkistaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi tarkistanut | ei olisi tarkistanut | |
| 1st plur. | tarkistaisimme | emme tarkistaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme tarkistaneet | emme olisi tarkistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tarkistaisitte | ette tarkistaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte tarkistaneet | ette olisi tarkistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tarkistaisivat | eivät tarkistaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat tarkistaneet | eivät olisi tarkistaneet | |
| passive | tarkistettaisiin | ei tarkistettaisi | passive | olisi tarkistettu | ei olisi tarkistettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | tarkista | älä tarkista | 2nd sing. | ole tarkistanut | älä ole tarkistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tarkistakoon | älköön tarkistako | 3rd sing. | olkoon tarkistanut | älköön olko tarkistanut | |
| 1st plur. | tarkistakaamme | älkäämme tarkistako | 1st plur. | olkaamme tarkistaneet | älkäämme olko tarkistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tarkistakaa | älkää tarkistako | 2nd plur. | olkaa tarkistaneet | älkää olko tarkistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tarkistakoot | älkööt tarkistako | 3rd plur. | olkoot tarkistaneet | älkööt olko tarkistaneet | |
| passive | tarkistettakoon | älköön tarkistettako | passive | olkoon tarkistettu | älköön olko tarkistettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tarkistanen | en tarkistane | 1st sing. | lienen tarkistanut | en liene tarkistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | tarkistanet | et tarkistane | 2nd sing. | lienet tarkistanut | et liene tarkistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | tarkistanee | ei tarkistane | 3rd sing. | lienee tarkistanut | ei liene tarkistanut | |
| 1st plur. | tarkistanemme | emme tarkistane | 1st plur. | lienemme tarkistaneet | emme liene tarkistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tarkistanette | ette tarkistane | 2nd plur. | lienette tarkistaneet | ette liene tarkistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tarkistanevat | eivät tarkistane | 3rd plur. | lienevät tarkistaneet | eivät liene tarkistaneet | |
| passive | tarkistettaneen | ei tarkistettane | passive | lienee tarkistettu | ei liene tarkistettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | tarkistaa | present | tarkistava | tarkistettava | ||
| long 1st2 | tarkistaakseen | past | tarkistanut | tarkistettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | tarkistaessa | tarkistettaessa | agent1, 3 | tarkistama | |
| instructive | tarkistaen | — | negative | tarkistamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | tarkistamassa | — | 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 | tarkistamasta | — | ||||
| illative | tarkistamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | tarkistamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | tarkistamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | tarkistaman | tarkistettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | tarkistaminen | ||||
| partitive | tarkistamista | |||||
| 5th2 | tarkistamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: tarkistaja, tarkistus
- verbs: factitive tarkistuttaa