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Definition 2024
valvoa
valvoa
Finnish
(index va)
Verb
valvoa
- (intransitive) to stay up, stay awake (to remain awake, to not go to bed)
- Hän valvoi yli nukkumaanmenoaikansa.
- She stayed up past her bedtime.
- Hän valvoi yli nukkumaanmenoaikansa.
- (transitive + partitive) to oversee, supervise, superintend, guide
- Kongressin tehtävänä on valvoa liittovaltion varojen käyttöä.
- It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.
- Kongressin tehtävänä on valvoa liittovaltion varojen käyttöä.
- to watch, keep an eye on
- to enforce (law)
- to supervise, proctor, monitor, invigilate (an examination)
Conjugation
| Inflection of valvoa (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valvon | en valvo | 1st sing. | olen valvonut | en ole valvonut | |
| 2nd sing. | valvot | et valvo | 2nd sing. | olet valvonut | et ole valvonut | |
| 3rd sing. | valvoo | ei valvo | 3rd sing. | on valvonut | ei ole valvonut | |
| 1st plur. | valvomme | emme valvo | 1st plur. | olemme valvoneet | emme ole valvoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valvotte | ette valvo | 2nd plur. | olette valvoneet | ette ole valvoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valvovat | eivät valvo | 3rd plur. | ovat valvoneet | eivät ole valvoneet | |
| passive | valvotaan | ei valvota | passive | on valvottu | ei ole valvottu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valvoin | en valvonut | 1st sing. | olin valvonut | en ollut valvonut | |
| 2nd sing. | valvoit | et valvonut | 2nd sing. | olit valvonut | et ollut valvonut | |
| 3rd sing. | valvoi | ei valvonut | 3rd sing. | oli valvonut | ei ollut valvonut | |
| 1st plur. | valvoimme | emme valvoneet | 1st plur. | olimme valvoneet | emme olleet valvoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valvoitte | ette valvoneet | 2nd plur. | olitte valvoneet | ette olleet valvoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valvoivat | eivät valvoneet | 3rd plur. | olivat valvoneet | eivät olleet valvoneet | |
| passive | valvottiin | ei valvottu | passive | oli valvottu | ei ollut valvottu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valvoisin | en valvoisi | 1st sing. | olisin valvonut | en olisi valvonut | |
| 2nd sing. | valvoisit | et valvoisi | 2nd sing. | olisit valvonut | et olisi valvonut | |
| 3rd sing. | valvoisi | ei valvoisi | 3rd sing. | olisi valvonut | ei olisi valvonut | |
| 1st plur. | valvoisimme | emme valvoisi | 1st plur. | olisimme valvoneet | emme olisi valvoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valvoisitte | ette valvoisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte valvoneet | ette olisi valvoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valvoisivat | eivät valvoisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat valvoneet | eivät olisi valvoneet | |
| passive | valvottaisiin | ei valvottaisi | passive | olisi valvottu | ei olisi valvottu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | valvo | älä valvo | 2nd sing. | ole valvonut | älä ole valvonut | |
| 3rd sing. | valvokoon | älköön valvoko | 3rd sing. | olkoon valvonut | älköön olko valvonut | |
| 1st plur. | valvokaamme | älkäämme valvoko | 1st plur. | olkaamme valvoneet | älkäämme olko valvoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valvokaa | älkää valvoko | 2nd plur. | olkaa valvoneet | älkää olko valvoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valvokoot | älkööt valvoko | 3rd plur. | olkoot valvoneet | älkööt olko valvoneet | |
| passive | valvottakoon | älköön valvottako | passive | olkoon valvottu | älköön olko valvottu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valvonen | en valvone | 1st sing. | lienen valvonut | en liene valvonut | |
| 2nd sing. | valvonet | et valvone | 2nd sing. | lienet valvonut | et liene valvonut | |
| 3rd sing. | valvonee | ei valvone | 3rd sing. | lienee valvonut | ei liene valvonut | |
| 1st plur. | valvonemme | emme valvone | 1st plur. | lienemme valvoneet | emme liene valvoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valvonette | ette valvone | 2nd plur. | lienette valvoneet | ette liene valvoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valvonevat | eivät valvone | 3rd plur. | lienevät valvoneet | eivät liene valvoneet | |
| passive | valvottaneen | ei valvottane | passive | lienee valvottu | ei liene valvottu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | valvoa | present | valvova | valvottava | ||
| long 1st2 | valvoakseen | past | valvonut | valvottu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | valvoessa | valvottaessa | agent1, 3 | valvoma | |
| instructive | valvoen | — | negative | valvomaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | valvomassa | — | 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 | valvomasta | — | ||||
| illative | valvomaan | — | ||||
| adessive | valvomalla | — | ||||
| abessive | valvomatta | — | ||||
| instructive | valvoman | valvottaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | valvominen | ||||
| partitive | valvomista | |||||
| 5th2 | valvomaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to oversee, supervise, superintend): tarkkailla
- (to watch, keep an eye): katsoa
Derived terms
- nouns: valvoja, valvonta, valvetila
- verbs: causative valvottaa
- phrases: valvoa yötä myöten