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Definition 2024
kulua
kulua
Finnish
(index ku)
Verb
kulua (intransitive)
- (e.g. of clothes) to wear (out/thin/down)
- (of money) to get spent, go, (of food) get eaten/consumed
- (of time) to go by, pass by, pass off
- Vuosituhannen vaihde kului ilman katastrofeja.
- The millennium passed off without any disasters.
- Vuosituhannen vaihde kului ilman katastrofeja.
Conjugation
| Inflection of kulua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kulun | en kulu | 1st sing. | olen kulunut | en ole kulunut | |
| 2nd sing. | kulut | et kulu | 2nd sing. | olet kulunut | et ole kulunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kuluu | ei kulu | 3rd sing. | on kulunut | ei ole kulunut | |
| 1st plur. | kulumme | emme kulu | 1st plur. | olemme kuluneet | emme ole kuluneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kulutte | ette kulu | 2nd plur. | olette kuluneet | ette ole kuluneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuluvat | eivät kulu | 3rd plur. | ovat kuluneet | eivät ole kuluneet | |
| passive | kulutaan | ei kuluta | passive | on kuluttu | ei ole kuluttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kuluin | en kulunut | 1st sing. | olin kulunut | en ollut kulunut | |
| 2nd sing. | kuluit | et kulunut | 2nd sing. | olit kulunut | et ollut kulunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kului | ei kulunut | 3rd sing. | oli kulunut | ei ollut kulunut | |
| 1st plur. | kuluimme | emme kuluneet | 1st plur. | olimme kuluneet | emme olleet kuluneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kuluitte | ette kuluneet | 2nd plur. | olitte kuluneet | ette olleet kuluneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuluivat | eivät kuluneet | 3rd plur. | olivat kuluneet | eivät olleet kuluneet | |
| passive | kuluttiin | ei kuluttu | passive | oli kuluttu | ei ollut kuluttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kuluisin | en kuluisi | 1st sing. | olisin kulunut | en olisi kulunut | |
| 2nd sing. | kuluisit | et kuluisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kulunut | et olisi kulunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kuluisi | ei kuluisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kulunut | ei olisi kulunut | |
| 1st plur. | kuluisimme | emme kuluisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kuluneet | emme olisi kuluneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kuluisitte | ette kuluisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kuluneet | ette olisi kuluneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kuluisivat | eivät kuluisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kuluneet | eivät olisi kuluneet | |
| passive | kuluttaisiin | ei kuluttaisi | passive | olisi kuluttu | ei olisi kuluttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kulu | älä kulu | 2nd sing. | ole kulunut | älä ole kulunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kulukoon | älköön kuluko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kulunut | älköön olko kulunut | |
| 1st plur. | kulukaamme | älkäämme kuluko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kuluneet | älkäämme olko kuluneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kulukaa | älkää kuluko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kuluneet | älkää olko kuluneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kulukoot | älkööt kuluko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kuluneet | älkööt olko kuluneet | |
| passive | kuluttakoon | älköön kuluttako | passive | olkoon kuluttu | älköön olko kuluttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kulunen | en kulune | 1st sing. | lienen kulunut | en liene kulunut | |
| 2nd sing. | kulunet | et kulune | 2nd sing. | lienet kulunut | et liene kulunut | |
| 3rd sing. | kulunee | ei kulune | 3rd sing. | lienee kulunut | ei liene kulunut | |
| 1st plur. | kulunemme | emme kulune | 1st plur. | lienemme kuluneet | emme liene kuluneet | |
| 2nd plur. | kulunette | ette kulune | 2nd plur. | lienette kuluneet | ette liene kuluneet | |
| 3rd plur. | kulunevat | eivät kulune | 3rd plur. | lienevät kuluneet | eivät liene kuluneet | |
| passive | kuluttaneen | ei kuluttane | passive | lienee kuluttu | ei liene kuluttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kulua | present | kuluva | kuluttava | ||
| long 1st2 | kuluakseen | past | kulunut | kuluttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kuluessa | kuluttaessa | agent1, 3 | kuluma | |
| instructive | kuluen | — | negative | kulumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kulumassa | — | 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 | kulumasta | — | ||||
| illative | kulumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kulumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kulumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | kuluman | kuluttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kuluminen | ||||
| partitive | kulumista | |||||
| 5th2 | kulumaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
Derived terms