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-ahtaa
-ahtaa
Finnish
Suffix
-ahtaa (front vowel harmony variant -ähtää)
- Forms momentane or semelfactive verbs.
Usage notes
Applied mainly to intransitive verbs. Momentane transitive verbs are more commonly derived with the suffix -aista.
Conjugation
| Inflection of -ahtaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, t-d gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | -ahdan | en -ahda | 1st sing. | olen -ahtanut | en ole -ahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | -ahdat | et -ahda | 2nd sing. | olet -ahtanut | et ole -ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | -ahtaa | ei -ahda | 3rd sing. | on -ahtanut | ei ole -ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | -ahdamme | emme -ahda | 1st plur. | olemme -ahtaneet | emme ole -ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | -ahdatte | ette -ahda | 2nd plur. | olette -ahtaneet | ette ole -ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | -ahtavat | eivät -ahda | 3rd plur. | ovat -ahtaneet | eivät ole -ahtaneet | |
| passive | -ahdetaan | ei -ahdeta | passive | on -ahdettu | ei ole -ahdettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | -ahdin | en -ahtanut | 1st sing. | olin -ahtanut | en ollut -ahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | -ahdit | et -ahtanut | 2nd sing. | olit -ahtanut | et ollut -ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | -ahti | ei -ahtanut | 3rd sing. | oli -ahtanut | ei ollut -ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | -ahdimme | emme -ahtaneet | 1st plur. | olimme -ahtaneet | emme olleet -ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | -ahditte | ette -ahtaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte -ahtaneet | ette olleet -ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | -ahtivat | eivät -ahtaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat -ahtaneet | eivät olleet -ahtaneet | |
| passive | -ahdettiin | ei -ahdettu | passive | oli -ahdettu | ei ollut -ahdettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | -ahtaisin | en -ahtaisi | 1st sing. | olisin -ahtanut | en olisi -ahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | -ahtaisit | et -ahtaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit -ahtanut | et olisi -ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | -ahtaisi | ei -ahtaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi -ahtanut | ei olisi -ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | -ahtaisimme | emme -ahtaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme -ahtaneet | emme olisi -ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | -ahtaisitte | ette -ahtaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte -ahtaneet | ette olisi -ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | -ahtaisivat | eivät -ahtaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat -ahtaneet | eivät olisi -ahtaneet | |
| passive | -ahdettaisiin | ei -ahdettaisi | passive | olisi -ahdettu | ei olisi -ahdettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | -ahda | älä -ahda | 2nd sing. | ole -ahtanut | älä ole -ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | -ahtakoon | älköön -ahtako | 3rd sing. | olkoon -ahtanut | älköön olko -ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | -ahtakaamme | älkäämme -ahtako | 1st plur. | olkaamme -ahtaneet | älkäämme olko -ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | -ahtakaa | älkää -ahtako | 2nd plur. | olkaa -ahtaneet | älkää olko -ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | -ahtakoot | älkööt -ahtako | 3rd plur. | olkoot -ahtaneet | älkööt olko -ahtaneet | |
| passive | -ahdettakoon | älköön -ahdettako | passive | olkoon -ahdettu | älköön olko -ahdettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | -ahtanen | en -ahtane | 1st sing. | lienen -ahtanut | en liene -ahtanut | |
| 2nd sing. | -ahtanet | et -ahtane | 2nd sing. | lienet -ahtanut | et liene -ahtanut | |
| 3rd sing. | -ahtanee | ei -ahtane | 3rd sing. | lienee -ahtanut | ei liene -ahtanut | |
| 1st plur. | -ahtanemme | emme -ahtane | 1st plur. | lienemme -ahtaneet | emme liene -ahtaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | -ahtanette | ette -ahtane | 2nd plur. | lienette -ahtaneet | ette liene -ahtaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | -ahtanevat | eivät -ahtane | 3rd plur. | lienevät -ahtaneet | eivät liene -ahtaneet | |
| passive | -ahdettaneen | ei -ahdettane | passive | lienee -ahdettu | ei liene -ahdettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | -ahtaa | present | -ahtava | -ahdettava | ||
| long 1st2 | -ahtaakseen | past | -ahtanut | -ahdettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | -ahtaessa | -ahdettaessa | agent1, 3 | -ahtama | |
| instructive | -ahtaen | — | negative | -ahtamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | -ahtamassa | — | 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 | -ahtamasta | — | ||||
| illative | -ahtamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | -ahtamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | -ahtamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | -ahtaman | -ahdettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | -ahtaminen | ||||
| partitive | -ahtamista | |||||
| 5th2 | -ahtamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Finnish_words_suffixed_with_-ahtaa'>Finnish words suffixed with -ahtaa</a>
See also
- Category:Finnish momentane verbs