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Definition 2024
tivata
tivata
Finnish
(index ti)
Verb
tivata
- (transitive, + ablative + partitive) To ask (someone) tirelessly/persistently (about/for something), demand (from someone), press (someone for something).
- Toimittaja tivasi ministeriltä vastausta lahjusskandaalista 10 minuuttia.
- The reporter pressed the minister for an answer about the bribe scandal for ten minutes.
- Toimittaja tivasi ministeriltä vastausta lahjusskandaalista 10 minuuttia.
- (transitive) To dun (someone = ablative, for a payment = partitive).
- Tivasin myymälävarkaalta maksua kirjoista turhaan.
- I dunned the shoplifter unsuccessfully for a payment for the books.
- Tivasin myymälävarkaalta maksua kirjoista turhaan.
Conjugation
| Inflection of tivata (Kotus type 73/salata, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tivaan | en tivaa | 1st sing. | olen tivannut | en ole tivannut | |
| 2nd sing. | tivaat | et tivaa | 2nd sing. | olet tivannut | et ole tivannut | |
| 3rd sing. | tivaa | ei tivaa | 3rd sing. | on tivannut | ei ole tivannut | |
| 1st plur. | tivaamme | emme tivaa | 1st plur. | olemme tivanneet | emme ole tivanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tivaatte | ette tivaa | 2nd plur. | olette tivanneet | ette ole tivanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tivaavat | eivät tivaa | 3rd plur. | ovat tivanneet | eivät ole tivanneet | |
| passive | tivataan | ei tivata | passive | on tivattu | ei ole tivattu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tivasin | en tivannut | 1st sing. | olin tivannut | en ollut tivannut | |
| 2nd sing. | tivasit | et tivannut | 2nd sing. | olit tivannut | et ollut tivannut | |
| 3rd sing. | tivasi | ei tivannut | 3rd sing. | oli tivannut | ei ollut tivannut | |
| 1st plur. | tivasimme | emme tivanneet | 1st plur. | olimme tivanneet | emme olleet tivanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tivasitte | ette tivanneet | 2nd plur. | olitte tivanneet | ette olleet tivanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tivasivat | eivät tivanneet | 3rd plur. | olivat tivanneet | eivät olleet tivanneet | |
| passive | tivattiin | ei tivattu | passive | oli tivattu | ei ollut tivattu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tivaisin | en tivaisi | 1st sing. | olisin tivannut | en olisi tivannut | |
| 2nd sing. | tivaisit | et tivaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit tivannut | et olisi tivannut | |
| 3rd sing. | tivaisi | ei tivaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi tivannut | ei olisi tivannut | |
| 1st plur. | tivaisimme | emme tivaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme tivanneet | emme olisi tivanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tivaisitte | ette tivaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte tivanneet | ette olisi tivanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tivaisivat | eivät tivaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat tivanneet | eivät olisi tivanneet | |
| passive | tivattaisiin | ei tivattaisi | passive | olisi tivattu | ei olisi tivattu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | tivaa | älä tivaa | 2nd sing. | ole tivannut | älä ole tivannut | |
| 3rd sing. | tivatkoon | älköön tivatko | 3rd sing. | olkoon tivannut | älköön olko tivannut | |
| 1st plur. | tivatkaamme | älkäämme tivatko | 1st plur. | olkaamme tivanneet | älkäämme olko tivanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tivatkaa | älkää tivatko | 2nd plur. | olkaa tivanneet | älkää olko tivanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tivatkoot | älkööt tivatko | 3rd plur. | olkoot tivanneet | älkööt olko tivanneet | |
| passive | tivattakoon | älköön tivattako | passive | olkoon tivattu | älköön olko tivattu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tivannen | en tivanne | 1st sing. | lienen tivannut | en liene tivannut | |
| 2nd sing. | tivannet | et tivanne | 2nd sing. | lienet tivannut | et liene tivannut | |
| 3rd sing. | tivannee | ei tivanne | 3rd sing. | lienee tivannut | ei liene tivannut | |
| 1st plur. | tivannemme | emme tivanne | 1st plur. | lienemme tivanneet | emme liene tivanneet | |
| 2nd plur. | tivannette | ette tivanne | 2nd plur. | lienette tivanneet | ette liene tivanneet | |
| 3rd plur. | tivannevat | eivät tivanne | 3rd plur. | lienevät tivanneet | eivät liene tivanneet | |
| passive | tivattaneen | ei tivattane | passive | lienee tivattu | ei liene tivattu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | tivata | present | tivaava | tivattava | ||
| long 1st2 | tivatakseen | past | tivannut | tivattu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | tivatessa | tivattaessa | agent1, 3 | tivaama | |
| instructive | tivaten | — | negative | tivaamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | tivaamassa | — | 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 | tivaamasta | — | ||||
| illative | tivaamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | tivaamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | tivaamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | tivaaman | tivattaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | tivaaminen | ||||
| partitive | tivaamista | |||||
| 5th2 | tivaamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: tivaaminen