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Definition 2024
ravistaa
ravistaa
Finnish
Verb
ravistaa
- (transitive) To shake (to cause to move).
Usage notes
- Verbs ravistaa and ravistella and the corresponding nouns ravistus and ravistelu are quite close in meaning. However, ravistaa and ravistus tend to refer to a more short-term and/or regular action, whereas ravistella (a frequentative verb) and ravistelu refer to a more long-term and/or erratic shaking.
- Ravista ennen käyttöä. = Shake before using.
- Jatkuvat maanjäristykset ravistelivat rakennuksia. = Continuous earthquakes shook the buildings.
Conjugation
| Inflection of ravistaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ravistan | en ravista | 1st sing. | olen ravistanut | en ole ravistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ravistat | et ravista | 2nd sing. | olet ravistanut | et ole ravistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ravistaa | ei ravista | 3rd sing. | on ravistanut | ei ole ravistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ravistamme | emme ravista | 1st plur. | olemme ravistaneet | emme ole ravistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ravistatte | ette ravista | 2nd plur. | olette ravistaneet | ette ole ravistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ravistavat | eivät ravista | 3rd plur. | ovat ravistaneet | eivät ole ravistaneet | |
| passive | ravistetaan | ei ravisteta | passive | on ravistettu | ei ole ravistettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ravistin | en ravistanut | 1st sing. | olin ravistanut | en ollut ravistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ravistit | et ravistanut | 2nd sing. | olit ravistanut | et ollut ravistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ravisti | ei ravistanut | 3rd sing. | oli ravistanut | ei ollut ravistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ravistimme | emme ravistaneet | 1st plur. | olimme ravistaneet | emme olleet ravistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ravistitte | ette ravistaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte ravistaneet | ette olleet ravistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ravistivat | eivät ravistaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat ravistaneet | eivät olleet ravistaneet | |
| passive | ravistettiin | ei ravistettu | passive | oli ravistettu | ei ollut ravistettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ravistaisin | en ravistaisi | 1st sing. | olisin ravistanut | en olisi ravistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ravistaisit | et ravistaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit ravistanut | et olisi ravistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ravistaisi | ei ravistaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi ravistanut | ei olisi ravistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ravistaisimme | emme ravistaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme ravistaneet | emme olisi ravistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ravistaisitte | ette ravistaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte ravistaneet | ette olisi ravistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ravistaisivat | eivät ravistaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat ravistaneet | eivät olisi ravistaneet | |
| passive | ravistettaisiin | ei ravistettaisi | passive | olisi ravistettu | ei olisi ravistettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | ravista | älä ravista | 2nd sing. | ole ravistanut | älä ole ravistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ravistakoon | älköön ravistako | 3rd sing. | olkoon ravistanut | älköön olko ravistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ravistakaamme | älkäämme ravistako | 1st plur. | olkaamme ravistaneet | älkäämme olko ravistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ravistakaa | älkää ravistako | 2nd plur. | olkaa ravistaneet | älkää olko ravistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ravistakoot | älkööt ravistako | 3rd plur. | olkoot ravistaneet | älkööt olko ravistaneet | |
| passive | ravistettakoon | älköön ravistettako | passive | olkoon ravistettu | älköön olko ravistettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ravistanen | en ravistane | 1st sing. | lienen ravistanut | en liene ravistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ravistanet | et ravistane | 2nd sing. | lienet ravistanut | et liene ravistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ravistanee | ei ravistane | 3rd sing. | lienee ravistanut | ei liene ravistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ravistanemme | emme ravistane | 1st plur. | lienemme ravistaneet | emme liene ravistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ravistanette | ette ravistane | 2nd plur. | lienette ravistaneet | ette liene ravistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ravistanevat | eivät ravistane | 3rd plur. | lienevät ravistaneet | eivät liene ravistaneet | |
| passive | ravistettaneen | ei ravistettane | passive | lienee ravistettu | ei liene ravistettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | ravistaa | present | ravistava | ravistettava | ||
| long 1st2 | ravistaakseen | past | ravistanut | ravistettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | ravistaessa | ravistettaessa | agent1, 3 | ravistama | |
| instructive | ravistaen | — | negative | ravistamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | ravistamassa | — | 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 | ravistamasta | — | ||||
| illative | ravistamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | ravistamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | ravistamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | ravistaman | ravistettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | ravistaminen | ||||
| partitive | ravistamista | |||||
| 5th2 | ravistamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- nouns: ravistus
- verbs: ravistella