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harventaa
harventaa
Finnish
Verb
harventaa (transitive)
- to thin out (to make more sparse)
- to thin (to remove some plants or parts thereof in order to improve the growth of those remaining)
- to rarefy (to make rare, thin, porous, less dense)
- (music) to augment (to slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage)
Conjugation
| Inflection of harventaa (Kotus type 54/huutaa, nt-nn gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | harvennan | en harvenna | 1st sing. | olen harventanut | en ole harventanut | |
| 2nd sing. | harvennat | et harvenna | 2nd sing. | olet harventanut | et ole harventanut | |
| 3rd sing. | harventaa | ei harvenna | 3rd sing. | on harventanut | ei ole harventanut | |
| 1st plur. | harvennamme | emme harvenna | 1st plur. | olemme harventaneet | emme ole harventaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harvennatte | ette harvenna | 2nd plur. | olette harventaneet | ette ole harventaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harventavat | eivät harvenna | 3rd plur. | ovat harventaneet | eivät ole harventaneet | |
| passive | harvennetaan | ei harvenneta | passive | on harvennettu | ei ole harvennettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | harvensin | en harventanut | 1st sing. | olin harventanut | en ollut harventanut | |
| 2nd sing. | harvensit | et harventanut | 2nd sing. | olit harventanut | et ollut harventanut | |
| 3rd sing. | harvensi | ei harventanut | 3rd sing. | oli harventanut | ei ollut harventanut | |
| 1st plur. | harvensimme | emme harventaneet | 1st plur. | olimme harventaneet | emme olleet harventaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harvensitte | ette harventaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte harventaneet | ette olleet harventaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harvensivat | eivät harventaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat harventaneet | eivät olleet harventaneet | |
| passive | harvennettiin | ei harvennettu | passive | oli harvennettu | ei ollut harvennettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | harventaisin | en harventaisi | 1st sing. | olisin harventanut | en olisi harventanut | |
| 2nd sing. | harventaisit | et harventaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit harventanut | et olisi harventanut | |
| 3rd sing. | harventaisi | ei harventaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi harventanut | ei olisi harventanut | |
| 1st plur. | harventaisimme | emme harventaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme harventaneet | emme olisi harventaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harventaisitte | ette harventaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte harventaneet | ette olisi harventaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harventaisivat | eivät harventaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat harventaneet | eivät olisi harventaneet | |
| passive | harvennettaisiin | ei harvennettaisi | passive | olisi harvennettu | ei olisi harvennettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | harvenna | älä harvenna | 2nd sing. | ole harventanut | älä ole harventanut | |
| 3rd sing. | harventakoon | älköön harventako | 3rd sing. | olkoon harventanut | älköön olko harventanut | |
| 1st plur. | harventakaamme | älkäämme harventako | 1st plur. | olkaamme harventaneet | älkäämme olko harventaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harventakaa | älkää harventako | 2nd plur. | olkaa harventaneet | älkää olko harventaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harventakoot | älkööt harventako | 3rd plur. | olkoot harventaneet | älkööt olko harventaneet | |
| passive | harvennettakoon | älköön harvennettako | passive | olkoon harvennettu | älköön olko harvennettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | harventanen | en harventane | 1st sing. | lienen harventanut | en liene harventanut | |
| 2nd sing. | harventanet | et harventane | 2nd sing. | lienet harventanut | et liene harventanut | |
| 3rd sing. | harventanee | ei harventane | 3rd sing. | lienee harventanut | ei liene harventanut | |
| 1st plur. | harventanemme | emme harventane | 1st plur. | lienemme harventaneet | emme liene harventaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | harventanette | ette harventane | 2nd plur. | lienette harventaneet | ette liene harventaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | harventanevat | eivät harventane | 3rd plur. | lienevät harventaneet | eivät liene harventaneet | |
| passive | harvennettaneen | ei harvennettane | passive | lienee harvennettu | ei liene harvennettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | harventaa | present | harventava | harvennettava | ||
| long 1st2 | harventaakseen | past | harventanut | harvennettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | harventaessa | harvennettaessa | agent1, 3 | harventama | |
| instructive | harventaen | — | negative | harventamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | harventamassa | — | 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 | harventamasta | — | ||||
| illative | harventamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | harventamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | harventamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | harventaman | harvennettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | harventaminen | ||||
| partitive | harventamista | |||||
| 5th2 | harventamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: harvennin, harvennus, harventaja
- verbs: harventua
Related terms
Verb
harventaa
- Third-person singular indicative present form of harventaa.