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kattaa
kattaa
Finnish
(index ka)
Verb
kattaa
- (transitive) to roof (a house)
- (transitive) to cover (a head)
- (transitive) to set (the dinner table)
- (transitive) to cover, defray (e.g. costs)
Conjugation
| Inflection of kattaa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | katan | en kata | 1st sing. | olen kattanut | en ole kattanut | |
| 2nd sing. | katat | et kata | 2nd sing. | olet kattanut | et ole kattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kattaa | ei kata | 3rd sing. | on kattanut | ei ole kattanut | |
| 1st plur. | katamme | emme kata | 1st plur. | olemme kattaneet | emme ole kattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | katatte | ette kata | 2nd plur. | olette kattaneet | ette ole kattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kattavat | eivät kata | 3rd plur. | ovat kattaneet | eivät ole kattaneet | |
| passive | katetaan | ei kateta | passive | on katettu | ei ole katettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | katoin | en kattanut | 1st sing. | olin kattanut | en ollut kattanut | |
| 2nd sing. | katoit | et kattanut | 2nd sing. | olit kattanut | et ollut kattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kattoi | ei kattanut | 3rd sing. | oli kattanut | ei ollut kattanut | |
| 1st plur. | katoimme | emme kattaneet | 1st plur. | olimme kattaneet | emme olleet kattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | katoitte | ette kattaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kattaneet | ette olleet kattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kattoivat | eivät kattaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kattaneet | eivät olleet kattaneet | |
| passive | katettiin | ei katettu | passive | oli katettu | ei ollut katettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kattaisin | en kattaisi | 1st sing. | olisin kattanut | en olisi kattanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kattaisit | et kattaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kattanut | et olisi kattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kattaisi | ei kattaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kattanut | ei olisi kattanut | |
| 1st plur. | kattaisimme | emme kattaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kattaneet | emme olisi kattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kattaisitte | ette kattaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kattaneet | ette olisi kattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kattaisivat | eivät kattaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kattaneet | eivät olisi kattaneet | |
| passive | katettaisiin | ei katettaisi | passive | olisi katettu | ei olisi katettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kata | älä kata | 2nd sing. | ole kattanut | älä ole kattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kattakoon | älköön kattako | 3rd sing. | olkoon kattanut | älköön olko kattanut | |
| 1st plur. | kattakaamme | älkäämme kattako | 1st plur. | olkaamme kattaneet | älkäämme olko kattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kattakaa | älkää kattako | 2nd plur. | olkaa kattaneet | älkää olko kattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kattakoot | älkööt kattako | 3rd plur. | olkoot kattaneet | älkööt olko kattaneet | |
| passive | katettakoon | älköön katettako | passive | olkoon katettu | älköön olko katettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kattanen | en kattane | 1st sing. | lienen kattanut | en liene kattanut | |
| 2nd sing. | kattanet | et kattane | 2nd sing. | lienet kattanut | et liene kattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | kattanee | ei kattane | 3rd sing. | lienee kattanut | ei liene kattanut | |
| 1st plur. | kattanemme | emme kattane | 1st plur. | lienemme kattaneet | emme liene kattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kattanette | ette kattane | 2nd plur. | lienette kattaneet | ette liene kattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kattanevat | eivät kattane | 3rd plur. | lienevät kattaneet | eivät liene kattaneet | |
| passive | katettaneen | ei katettane | passive | lienee katettu | ei liene katettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kattaa | present | kattava | katettava | ||
| long 1st2 | kattaakseen | past | kattanut | katettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kattaessa | katettaessa | agent1, 3 | kattama | |
| instructive | kattaen | — | negative | kattamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kattamassa | — | 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 | kattamasta | — | ||||
| illative | kattamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kattamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kattamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | kattaman | katettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kattaminen | ||||
| partitive | kattamista | |||||
| 5th2 | kattamaisillaan | |||||