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nuuskia
nuuskia
Finnish
Verb
nuuskia
- (transitive + partitive) To sniff.
Usage notes
- Nuuskia expresses continuous sniffing that is not temporally confined, whereas nuuskaista is a momentane verb, expressing one sniff lasting only a short, transient moment.
Conjugation
| Inflection of nuuskia (Kotus type 61/sallia, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nuuskin | en nuuski | 1st sing. | olen nuuskinut | en ole nuuskinut | |
| 2nd sing. | nuuskit | et nuuski | 2nd sing. | olet nuuskinut | et ole nuuskinut | |
| 3rd sing. | nuuskii | ei nuuski | 3rd sing. | on nuuskinut | ei ole nuuskinut | |
| 1st plur. | nuuskimme | emme nuuski | 1st plur. | olemme nuuskineet | emme ole nuuskineet | |
| 2nd plur. | nuuskitte | ette nuuski | 2nd plur. | olette nuuskineet | ette ole nuuskineet | |
| 3rd plur. | nuuskivat | eivät nuuski | 3rd plur. | ovat nuuskineet | eivät ole nuuskineet | |
| passive | nuuskitaan | ei nuuskita | passive | on nuuskittu | ei ole nuuskittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nuuskin | en nuuskinut | 1st sing. | olin nuuskinut | en ollut nuuskinut | |
| 2nd sing. | nuuskit | et nuuskinut | 2nd sing. | olit nuuskinut | et ollut nuuskinut | |
| 3rd sing. | nuuski | ei nuuskinut | 3rd sing. | oli nuuskinut | ei ollut nuuskinut | |
| 1st plur. | nuuskimme | emme nuuskineet | 1st plur. | olimme nuuskineet | emme olleet nuuskineet | |
| 2nd plur. | nuuskitte | ette nuuskineet | 2nd plur. | olitte nuuskineet | ette olleet nuuskineet | |
| 3rd plur. | nuuskivat | eivät nuuskineet | 3rd plur. | olivat nuuskineet | eivät olleet nuuskineet | |
| passive | nuuskittiin | ei nuuskittu | passive | oli nuuskittu | ei ollut nuuskittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nuuskisin | en nuuskisi | 1st sing. | olisin nuuskinut | en olisi nuuskinut | |
| 2nd sing. | nuuskisit | et nuuskisi | 2nd sing. | olisit nuuskinut | et olisi nuuskinut | |
| 3rd sing. | nuuskisi | ei nuuskisi | 3rd sing. | olisi nuuskinut | ei olisi nuuskinut | |
| 1st plur. | nuuskisimme | emme nuuskisi | 1st plur. | olisimme nuuskineet | emme olisi nuuskineet | |
| 2nd plur. | nuuskisitte | ette nuuskisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte nuuskineet | ette olisi nuuskineet | |
| 3rd plur. | nuuskisivat | eivät nuuskisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat nuuskineet | eivät olisi nuuskineet | |
| passive | nuuskittaisiin | ei nuuskittaisi | passive | olisi nuuskittu | ei olisi nuuskittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | nuuski | älä nuuski | 2nd sing. | ole nuuskinut | älä ole nuuskinut | |
| 3rd sing. | nuuskikoon | älköön nuuskiko | 3rd sing. | olkoon nuuskinut | älköön olko nuuskinut | |
| 1st plur. | nuuskikaamme | älkäämme nuuskiko | 1st plur. | olkaamme nuuskineet | älkäämme olko nuuskineet | |
| 2nd plur. | nuuskikaa | älkää nuuskiko | 2nd plur. | olkaa nuuskineet | älkää olko nuuskineet | |
| 3rd plur. | nuuskikoot | älkööt nuuskiko | 3rd plur. | olkoot nuuskineet | älkööt olko nuuskineet | |
| passive | nuuskittakoon | älköön nuuskittako | passive | olkoon nuuskittu | älköön olko nuuskittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nuuskinen | en nuuskine | 1st sing. | lienen nuuskinut | en liene nuuskinut | |
| 2nd sing. | nuuskinet | et nuuskine | 2nd sing. | lienet nuuskinut | et liene nuuskinut | |
| 3rd sing. | nuuskinee | ei nuuskine | 3rd sing. | lienee nuuskinut | ei liene nuuskinut | |
| 1st plur. | nuuskinemme | emme nuuskine | 1st plur. | lienemme nuuskineet | emme liene nuuskineet | |
| 2nd plur. | nuuskinette | ette nuuskine | 2nd plur. | lienette nuuskineet | ette liene nuuskineet | |
| 3rd plur. | nuuskinevat | eivät nuuskine | 3rd plur. | lienevät nuuskineet | eivät liene nuuskineet | |
| passive | nuuskittaneen | ei nuuskittane | passive | lienee nuuskittu | ei liene nuuskittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | nuuskia | present | nuuskiva | nuuskittava | ||
| long 1st2 | nuuskiakseen | past | nuuskinut | nuuskittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | nuuskiessa | nuuskittaessa | agent1, 3 | nuuskima | |
| instructive | nuuskien | — | negative | nuuskimaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | nuuskimassa | — | 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 | nuuskimasta | — | ||||
| illative | nuuskimaan | — | ||||
| adessive | nuuskimalla | — | ||||
| abessive | nuuskimatta | — | ||||
| instructive | nuuskiman | nuuskittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | nuuskiminen | ||||
| partitive | nuuskimista | |||||
| 5th2 | nuuskimaisillaan | |||||