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vangita
vangita
Finnish
(index va)
Verb
vangita
- (transitive, + genitive-accusative) To imprison, incarcerate, jail (put in prison; both in legal contexts and elsewhere).
- (transitive, + genitive-accusative) To arrest, place under arrest, take into custody, put in detention (both in legal contexts and elsewhere).
- to capture (to reproduce convincingly)
- Hänen elokuvasovituksensa vangitsi alkuperäisen työn hengen.
- His film adaptation captured the spirit of the original work.
- Hänen elokuvasovituksensa vangitsi alkuperäisen työn hengen.
Conjugation
| Inflection of vangita (Kotus type 69/valita, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | vangitsen | en vangitse | 1st sing. | olen vanginnut | en ole vanginnut | |
| 2nd sing. | vangitset | et vangitse | 2nd sing. | olet vanginnut | et ole vanginnut | |
| 3rd sing. | vangitsee | ei vangitse | 3rd sing. | on vanginnut | ei ole vanginnut | |
| 1st plur. | vangitsemme | emme vangitse | 1st plur. | olemme vanginneet | emme ole vanginneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vangitsette | ette vangitse | 2nd plur. | olette vanginneet | ette ole vanginneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vangitsevat | eivät vangitse | 3rd plur. | ovat vanginneet | eivät ole vanginneet | |
| passive | vangitaan | ei vangita | passive | on vangittu | ei ole vangittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | vangitsin | en vanginnut | 1st sing. | olin vanginnut | en ollut vanginnut | |
| 2nd sing. | vangitsit | et vanginnut | 2nd sing. | olit vanginnut | et ollut vanginnut | |
| 3rd sing. | vangitsi | ei vanginnut | 3rd sing. | oli vanginnut | ei ollut vanginnut | |
| 1st plur. | vangitsimme | emme vanginneet | 1st plur. | olimme vanginneet | emme olleet vanginneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vangitsitte | ette vanginneet | 2nd plur. | olitte vanginneet | ette olleet vanginneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vangitsivat | eivät vanginneet | 3rd plur. | olivat vanginneet | eivät olleet vanginneet | |
| passive | vangittiin | ei vangittu | passive | oli vangittu | ei ollut vangittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | vangitsisin | en vangitsisi | 1st sing. | olisin vanginnut | en olisi vanginnut | |
| 2nd sing. | vangitsisit | et vangitsisi | 2nd sing. | olisit vanginnut | et olisi vanginnut | |
| 3rd sing. | vangitsisi | ei vangitsisi | 3rd sing. | olisi vanginnut | ei olisi vanginnut | |
| 1st plur. | vangitsisimme | emme vangitsisi | 1st plur. | olisimme vanginneet | emme olisi vanginneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vangitsisitte | ette vangitsisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte vanginneet | ette olisi vanginneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vangitsisivat | eivät vangitsisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat vanginneet | eivät olisi vanginneet | |
| passive | vangittaisiin | ei vangittaisi | passive | olisi vangittu | ei olisi vangittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | vangitse | älä vangitse | 2nd sing. | ole vanginnut | älä ole vanginnut | |
| 3rd sing. | vangitkoon | älköön vangitko | 3rd sing. | olkoon vanginnut | älköön olko vanginnut | |
| 1st plur. | vangitkaamme | älkäämme vangitko | 1st plur. | olkaamme vanginneet | älkäämme olko vanginneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vangitkaa | älkää vangitko | 2nd plur. | olkaa vanginneet | älkää olko vanginneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vangitkoot | älkööt vangitko | 3rd plur. | olkoot vanginneet | älkööt olko vanginneet | |
| passive | vangittakoon | älköön vangittako | passive | olkoon vangittu | älköön olko vangittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | vanginnen | en vanginne | 1st sing. | lienen vanginnut | en liene vanginnut | |
| 2nd sing. | vanginnet | et vanginne | 2nd sing. | lienet vanginnut | et liene vanginnut | |
| 3rd sing. | vanginnee | ei vanginne | 3rd sing. | lienee vanginnut | ei liene vanginnut | |
| 1st plur. | vanginnemme | emme vanginne | 1st plur. | lienemme vanginneet | emme liene vanginneet | |
| 2nd plur. | vanginnette | ette vanginne | 2nd plur. | lienette vanginneet | ette liene vanginneet | |
| 3rd plur. | vanginnevat | eivät vanginne | 3rd plur. | lienevät vanginneet | eivät liene vanginneet | |
| passive | vangittaneen | ei vangittane | passive | lienee vangittu | ei liene vangittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | vangita | present | vangitseva | vangittava | ||
| long 1st2 | vangitakseen | past | vanginnut | vangittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | vangitessa | vangittaessa | agent1, 3 | vangitsema | |
| instructive | vangiten | — | negative | vangitsematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | vangitsemassa | — | 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 | vangitsemasta | — | ||||
| illative | vangitsemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | vangitsemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | vangitsematta | — | ||||
| instructive | vangitseman | vangittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | vangitseminen | ||||
| partitive | vangitsemista | |||||
| 5th2 | vangitsemaisillaan | |||||
Usage notes
- In the sense "to arrest" pidättää and vangita can be used synonymously in general language, but in a legal context pidättää means "to arrest (for a limited time, under habeas corpus)", whereas vangita means "to arrest or detain (due court order)".
Synonyms
- (to arrest etc.): pidättää