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Definition 2024
todistaa
todistaa
Finnish
(index to)
Verb
todistaa
- (transitive, + genitive-accusative) To prove, demonstrate, substantiate.
- (transitive, + genitive-accusative) To witness, give/bear witness to, testify to, attest to; (religiously) to give a testimonial of/to.
- (intransitive, law) To testify, depose, take the stand.
Conjugation
| Inflection of todistaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | todistan | en todista | 1st sing. | olen todistanut | en ole todistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | todistat | et todista | 2nd sing. | olet todistanut | et ole todistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | todistaa | ei todista | 3rd sing. | on todistanut | ei ole todistanut | |
| 1st plur. | todistamme | emme todista | 1st plur. | olemme todistaneet | emme ole todistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | todistatte | ette todista | 2nd plur. | olette todistaneet | ette ole todistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | todistavat | eivät todista | 3rd plur. | ovat todistaneet | eivät ole todistaneet | |
| passive | todistetaan | ei todisteta | passive | on todistettu | ei ole todistettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | todistin | en todistanut | 1st sing. | olin todistanut | en ollut todistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | todistit | et todistanut | 2nd sing. | olit todistanut | et ollut todistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | todisti | ei todistanut | 3rd sing. | oli todistanut | ei ollut todistanut | |
| 1st plur. | todistimme | emme todistaneet | 1st plur. | olimme todistaneet | emme olleet todistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | todistitte | ette todistaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte todistaneet | ette olleet todistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | todistivat | eivät todistaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat todistaneet | eivät olleet todistaneet | |
| passive | todistettiin | ei todistettu | passive | oli todistettu | ei ollut todistettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | todistaisin | en todistaisi | 1st sing. | olisin todistanut | en olisi todistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | todistaisit | et todistaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit todistanut | et olisi todistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | todistaisi | ei todistaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi todistanut | ei olisi todistanut | |
| 1st plur. | todistaisimme | emme todistaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme todistaneet | emme olisi todistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | todistaisitte | ette todistaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte todistaneet | ette olisi todistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | todistaisivat | eivät todistaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat todistaneet | eivät olisi todistaneet | |
| passive | todistettaisiin | ei todistettaisi | passive | olisi todistettu | ei olisi todistettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | todista | älä todista | 2nd sing. | ole todistanut | älä ole todistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | todistakoon | älköön todistako | 3rd sing. | olkoon todistanut | älköön olko todistanut | |
| 1st plur. | todistakaamme | älkäämme todistako | 1st plur. | olkaamme todistaneet | älkäämme olko todistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | todistakaa | älkää todistako | 2nd plur. | olkaa todistaneet | älkää olko todistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | todistakoot | älkööt todistako | 3rd plur. | olkoot todistaneet | älkööt olko todistaneet | |
| passive | todistettakoon | älköön todistettako | passive | olkoon todistettu | älköön olko todistettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | todistanen | en todistane | 1st sing. | lienen todistanut | en liene todistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | todistanet | et todistane | 2nd sing. | lienet todistanut | et liene todistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | todistanee | ei todistane | 3rd sing. | lienee todistanut | ei liene todistanut | |
| 1st plur. | todistanemme | emme todistane | 1st plur. | lienemme todistaneet | emme liene todistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | todistanette | ette todistane | 2nd plur. | lienette todistaneet | ette liene todistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | todistanevat | eivät todistane | 3rd plur. | lienevät todistaneet | eivät liene todistaneet | |
| passive | todistettaneen | ei todistettane | passive | lienee todistettu | ei liene todistettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | todistaa | present | todistava | todistettava | ||
| long 1st2 | todistaakseen | past | todistanut | todistettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | todistaessa | todistettaessa | agent1, 3 | todistama | |
| instructive | todistaen | — | negative | todistamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | todistamassa | — | 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 | todistamasta | — | ||||
| illative | todistamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | todistamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | todistamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | todistaman | todistettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | todistaminen | ||||
| partitive | todistamista | |||||
| 5th2 | todistamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to prove, demonstrate, substantiate): näyttää toteen
Derived terms
Derived terms
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