koettaa
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkoetːɑːˣ/, [ˈko̞e̞t̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -oetːɑː
- Syllabification(key): ko‧et‧taa
- Hyphenation(key): ko‧et‧taa
Verb
[edit]koettaa (transitive, usually atelic)
- to try, test, check, attempt [with first infinitive ‘to do’]
- Synonyms: kokeilla, (clothing) sovittaa, (to try doing something) yrittää, (by feeling, touching) tunnustella
- koettaa onneaan ― to try one's luck
- koettaa vaatetta ― to try on a piece of clothing
- Koeta haarukalla, ovatko perunat jo kypsiä!
- Try with a fork if the potatoes are cooked already!
- Voinko minäkin koettaa?
- Can I try too?
- Koetetaan nostaa tämä yhdessä!
- Let's try to lift this together!
- to test, sample, try out
Conjugation
[edit]| Inflection of koettaa (Kotus type 53*C/muistaa, tt–t gradation) | ||||||||||||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||||||||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |||||||||||
| 1st sing. | koetan | en koeta | 1st sing. | olen koettanut | en ole koettanut | |||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | koetat | et koeta | 2nd sing. | olet koettanut | et ole koettanut | |||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | koettaa | ei koeta | 3rd sing. | on koettanut | ei ole koettanut | |||||||||||
| 1st plur. | koetamme | emme koeta | 1st plur. | olemme koettaneet | emme ole koettaneet | |||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | koetatte | ette koeta | 2nd plur. | olette koettaneet | ette ole koettaneet | |||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | koettavat | eivät koeta | 3rd plur. | ovat koettaneet | eivät ole koettaneet | |||||||||||
| passive | koetetaan | ei koeteta | passive | on koetettu | ei ole koetettu | |||||||||||
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |||||||||||
| 1st sing. | koetin | en koettanut | 1st sing. | olin koettanut | en ollut koettanut | |||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | koetit | et koettanut | 2nd sing. | olit koettanut | et ollut koettanut | |||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | koetti | ei koettanut | 3rd sing. | oli koettanut | ei ollut koettanut | |||||||||||
| 1st plur. | koetimme | emme koettaneet | 1st plur. | olimme koettaneet | emme olleet koettaneet | |||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | koetitte | ette koettaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte koettaneet | ette olleet koettaneet | |||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | koettivat | eivät koettaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat koettaneet | eivät olleet koettaneet | |||||||||||
| passive | koetettiin | ei koetettu | passive | oli koetettu | ei ollut koetettu | |||||||||||
| conditional mood | ||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | |||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |||||||||||
| 1st sing. | koettaisin | en koettaisi | 1st sing. | olisin koettanut | en olisi koettanut | |||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | koettaisit | et koettaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit koettanut | et olisi koettanut | |||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | koettaisi | ei koettaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi koettanut | ei olisi koettanut | |||||||||||
| 1st plur. | koettaisimme | emme koettaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme koettaneet | emme olisi koettaneet | |||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | koettaisitte | ette koettaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte koettaneet | ette olisi koettaneet | |||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | koettaisivat | eivät koettaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat koettaneet | eivät olisi koettaneet | |||||||||||
| passive | koetettaisiin | ei koetettaisi | passive | olisi koetettu | ei olisi koetettu | |||||||||||
| imperative mood | ||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | |||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |||||||||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | koeta | älä koeta | 2nd sing. | — | — | |||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | koettakoon | älköön koettako | 3rd sing. | olkoon koettanut | älköön olko koettanut | |||||||||||
| 1st plur. | koettakaamme | älkäämme koettako | 1st plur. | — | — | |||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | koettakaa | älkää koettako | 2nd plur. | — | — | |||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | koettakoot | älkööt koettako | 3rd plur. | olkoot koettaneet | älkööt olko koettaneet | |||||||||||
| passive | koetettakoon | älköön koetettako | passive | olkoon koetettu | älköön olko koetettu | |||||||||||
| potential mood | ||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | |||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |||||||||||
| 1st sing. | koettanen | en koettane | 1st sing. | lienen koettanut | en liene koettanut | |||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | koettanet | et koettane | 2nd sing. | lienet koettanut | et liene koettanut | |||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | koettanee | ei koettane | 3rd sing. | lienee koettanut | ei liene koettanut | |||||||||||
| 1st plur. | koettanemme | emme koettane | 1st plur. | lienemme koettaneet | emme liene koettaneet | |||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | koettanette | ette koettane | 2nd plur. | lienette koettaneet | ette liene koettaneet | |||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | koettanevat | eivät koettane | 3rd plur. | lienevät koettaneet | eivät liene koettaneet | |||||||||||
| passive | koetettaneen | ei koetettane | passive | lienee koetettu | ei liene koetettu | |||||||||||
| Nominal forms | ||||||||||||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||||||||||||
| 1st | koettaa | present | koettava | koetettava | ||||||||||||
| long 1st1 |
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past | koettanut | koetettu | ||||||||||||
| 2nd | inessive2 | koettaessa | koetettaessa | agent4 | koettama | |||||||||||
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negative | koettamaton | ||||||||||||||
| instructive | koettaen | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.
2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically. | |||||||||||||
| 3rd | inessive | koettamassa | — | |||||||||||||
| elative | koettamasta | — | ||||||||||||||
| illative | koettamaan | — | ||||||||||||||
| adessive | koettamalla | — | ||||||||||||||
| abessive | koettamatta | — | ||||||||||||||
| instructive | koettaman | koetettaman | ||||||||||||||
| 4th3 | verbal noun | koettaminen | ||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- koetinkivi
- koettaa kepillä jäätä (“to test the water, see how the land lies, put out a feeler”)
verbs
Further reading
[edit]- “koettaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023