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Definition 2024
antaa
antaa
Finnish
(index an)
Verb
antaa
- (transitive) To give; to allow; to present, donate; to issue.
- Annoin Liisalle kukat.
- I gave Liisa flowers.
- Annoin Liisalle kukat.
- (transitive + genitive + infinitive) To let, allow, permit.
- Anna hänen mennä.
- Let him go.
- Anna hänen mennä.
- (transitive) To distribute, hand/pass out.
- (transitive) To grant, confer.
- (colloquial) To consent to have sex (with = allative).
Usage notes
- (to consent to have sex): This usage means very often that the person consenting to have sex is the submissive party, not necessarily enjoying the activity that much.
Conjugation
| Inflection of antaa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, nt-nn gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | annan | en anna | 1st sing. | olen antanut | en ole antanut | |
| 2nd sing. | annat | et anna | 2nd sing. | olet antanut | et ole antanut | |
| 3rd sing. | antaa | ei anna | 3rd sing. | on antanut | ei ole antanut | |
| 1st plur. | annamme | emme anna | 1st plur. | olemme antaneet | emme ole antaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | annatte | ette anna | 2nd plur. | olette antaneet | ette ole antaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | antavat | eivät anna | 3rd plur. | ovat antaneet | eivät ole antaneet | |
| passive | annetaan | ei anneta | passive | on annettu | ei ole annettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | annoin | en antanut | 1st sing. | olin antanut | en ollut antanut | |
| 2nd sing. | annoit | et antanut | 2nd sing. | olit antanut | et ollut antanut | |
| 3rd sing. | antoi | ei antanut | 3rd sing. | oli antanut | ei ollut antanut | |
| 1st plur. | annoimme | emme antaneet | 1st plur. | olimme antaneet | emme olleet antaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | annoitte | ette antaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte antaneet | ette olleet antaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | antoivat | eivät antaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat antaneet | eivät olleet antaneet | |
| passive | annettiin | ei annettu | passive | oli annettu | ei ollut annettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | antaisin | en antaisi | 1st sing. | olisin antanut | en olisi antanut | |
| 2nd sing. | antaisit | et antaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit antanut | et olisi antanut | |
| 3rd sing. | antaisi | ei antaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi antanut | ei olisi antanut | |
| 1st plur. | antaisimme | emme antaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme antaneet | emme olisi antaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | antaisitte | ette antaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte antaneet | ette olisi antaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | antaisivat | eivät antaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat antaneet | eivät olisi antaneet | |
| passive | annettaisiin | ei annettaisi | passive | olisi annettu | ei olisi annettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | anna | älä anna | 2nd sing. | ole antanut | älä ole antanut | |
| 3rd sing. | antakoon | älköön antako | 3rd sing. | olkoon antanut | älköön olko antanut | |
| 1st plur. | antakaamme | älkäämme antako | 1st plur. | olkaamme antaneet | älkäämme olko antaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | antakaa | älkää antako | 2nd plur. | olkaa antaneet | älkää olko antaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | antakoot | älkööt antako | 3rd plur. | olkoot antaneet | älkööt olko antaneet | |
| passive | annettakoon | älköön annettako | passive | olkoon annettu | älköön olko annettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | antanen | en antane | 1st sing. | lienen antanut | en liene antanut | |
| 2nd sing. | antanet | et antane | 2nd sing. | lienet antanut | et liene antanut | |
| 3rd sing. | antanee | ei antane | 3rd sing. | lienee antanut | ei liene antanut | |
| 1st plur. | antanemme | emme antane | 1st plur. | lienemme antaneet | emme liene antaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | antanette | ette antane | 2nd plur. | lienette antaneet | ette liene antaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | antanevat | eivät antane | 3rd plur. | lienevät antaneet | eivät liene antaneet | |
| passive | annettaneen | ei annettane | passive | lienee annettu | ei liene annettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | antaa | present | antava | annettava | ||
| long 1st2 | antaakseen | past | antanut | annettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | antaessa | annettaessa | agent1, 3 | antama | |
| instructive | antaen | — | negative | antamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | antamassa | — | 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 | antamasta | — | ||||
| illative | antamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | antamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | antamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | antaman | annettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | antaminen | ||||
| partitive | antamista | |||||
| 5th2 | antamaisillaan | |||||
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *antadak.
Verb
antaa (first-person singular present annan, first-person singular past annõn)
- to give
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
References
- "antaa" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat