Suffix
-ntaa (front vowel harmony variant -ntää, stem -nta-, linguistic notation -ntA- or -ntAA)
- Forms factitive verbs from adjectives and names of languages, meaning "causing to become" or "making"; -en, -fy
- pieni (“small”) + -ntaa → pienentää (“to shrink”)
- paksu (“thick”) + -ntaa → paksuntaa (“to thicken”)
- suuri (“large”) + -ntaa → suurentaa (“to magnify”)
- englanti (“English”) + -ntaa → englannintaa (“to translate into English”)
Usage notes
The suffix is added to the genitive singular (weak grade) stem. A preceding stem-final -a-, -ä- changes to -e- (see -eta for more on this change), except in some newer derivations, such as kuvantaa and kustantaa.
Conjugation
More information indicative mood, present tense ...
| Inflection of -ntaa (Kotus type 54*J/huutaa, nt-nn gradation) |
| indicative mood |
| present tense |
perfect |
| 1st sing. |
-nnan |
en -nna |
1st sing. |
olen -ntanut |
en ole -ntanut |
| 2nd sing. |
-nnat |
et -nna |
2nd sing. |
olet -ntanut |
et ole -ntanut |
| 3rd sing. |
-ntaa |
ei -nna |
3rd sing. |
on -ntanut |
ei ole -ntanut |
| 1st plur. |
-nnamme |
emme -nna |
1st plur. |
olemme -ntaneet |
emme ole -ntaneet |
| 2nd plur. |
-nnatte |
ette -nna |
2nd plur. |
olette -ntaneet |
ette ole -ntaneet |
| 3rd plur. |
-ntavat |
eivät -nna |
3rd plur. |
ovat -ntaneet |
eivät ole -ntaneet |
| passive |
-nnetaan |
ei -nneta |
passive |
on -nnettu |
ei ole -nnettu |
| past tense |
pluperfect |
| 1st sing. |
-nsin |
en -ntanut |
1st sing. |
olin -ntanut |
en ollut -ntanut |
| 2nd sing. |
-nsit |
et -ntanut |
2nd sing. |
olit -ntanut |
et ollut -ntanut |
| 3rd sing. |
-nsi |
ei -ntanut |
3rd sing. |
oli -ntanut |
ei ollut -ntanut |
| 1st plur. |
-nsimme |
emme -ntaneet |
1st plur. |
olimme -ntaneet |
emme olleet -ntaneet |
| 2nd plur. |
-nsitte |
ette -ntaneet |
2nd plur. |
olitte -ntaneet |
ette olleet -ntaneet |
| 3rd plur. |
-nsivat |
eivät -ntaneet |
3rd plur. |
olivat -ntaneet |
eivät olleet -ntaneet |
| passive |
-nnettiin |
ei -nnettu |
passive |
oli -nnettu |
ei ollut -nnettu |
| conditional mood |
| present |
perfect |
| 1st sing. |
-ntaisin |
en -ntaisi |
1st sing. |
olisin -ntanut |
en olisi -ntanut |
| 2nd sing. |
-ntaisit |
et -ntaisi |
2nd sing. |
olisit -ntanut |
et olisi -ntanut |
| 3rd sing. |
-ntaisi |
ei -ntaisi |
3rd sing. |
olisi -ntanut |
ei olisi -ntanut |
| 1st plur. |
-ntaisimme |
emme -ntaisi |
1st plur. |
olisimme -ntaneet |
emme olisi -ntaneet |
| 2nd plur. |
-ntaisitte |
ette -ntaisi |
2nd plur. |
olisitte -ntaneet |
ette olisi -ntaneet |
| 3rd plur. |
-ntaisivat |
eivät -ntaisi |
3rd plur. |
olisivat -ntaneet |
eivät olisi -ntaneet |
| passive |
-nnettaisiin |
ei -nnettaisi |
passive |
olisi -nnettu |
ei olisi -nnettu |
| imperative mood |
| present |
perfect |
| 1st sing. |
— |
— |
1st sing. |
— |
— |
| 2nd sing. |
-nna |
älä -nna |
2nd sing. |
— |
— |
| 3rd sing. |
-ntakoon |
älköön -ntako |
3rd sing. |
olkoon -ntanut |
älköön olko -ntanut |
| 1st plur. |
-ntakaamme |
älkäämme -ntako |
1st plur. |
— |
— |
| 2nd plur. |
-ntakaa |
älkää -ntako |
2nd plur. |
— |
— |
| 3rd plur. |
-ntakoot |
älkööt -ntako |
3rd plur. |
olkoot -ntaneet |
älkööt olko -ntaneet |
| passive |
-nnettakoon |
älköön -nnettako |
passive |
olkoon -nnettu |
älköön olko -nnettu |
| potential mood |
| present |
perfect |
| 1st sing. |
-ntanen |
en -ntane |
1st sing. |
lienen -ntanut |
en liene -ntanut |
| 2nd sing. |
-ntanet |
et -ntane |
2nd sing. |
lienet -ntanut |
et liene -ntanut |
| 3rd sing. |
-ntanee |
ei -ntane |
3rd sing. |
lienee -ntanut |
ei liene -ntanut |
| 1st plur. |
-ntanemme |
emme -ntane |
1st plur. |
lienemme -ntaneet |
emme liene -ntaneet |
| 2nd plur. |
-ntanette |
ette -ntane |
2nd plur. |
lienette -ntaneet |
ette liene -ntaneet |
| 3rd plur. |
-ntanevat |
eivät -ntane |
3rd plur. |
lienevät -ntaneet |
eivät liene -ntaneet |
| passive |
-nnettaneen |
ei -nnettane |
passive |
lienee -nnettu |
ei liene -nnettu |
| Nominal forms |
| infinitives |
participles |
|
active |
passive |
|
active |
passive |
| 1st |
-ntaa |
present |
-ntava |
-nnettava |
| long 1st1 |
| Person |
sing. |
plur. |
| 1st |
-ntaakseni |
-ntaaksemme |
| 2nd |
-ntaaksesi |
-ntaaksenne |
| 3rd |
-ntaakseen
-ntaaksensa |
|
past |
-ntanut |
-nnettu |
| 2nd |
inessive2 |
-ntaessa |
-nnettaessa |
agent4 |
-ntama |
| Person |
sing. |
plur. |
| 1st |
-ntaessani |
-ntaessamme |
| 2nd |
-ntaessasi |
-ntaessanne |
| 3rd |
-ntaessaan
-ntaessansa |
|
negative |
-ntamaton |
| instructive |
-ntaen |
— |
1) Used only with a possessive suffix.
2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).
4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.
* The third-person singular indicative form -ntaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically. |
| 3rd |
inessive |
-ntamassa |
— |
| elative |
-ntamasta |
— |
| illative |
-ntamaan |
— |
| adessive |
-ntamalla |
— |
| abessive |
-ntamatta |
— |
| instructive |
-ntaman |
-nnettaman |
| 4th3 |
verbal noun |
-ntaminen |
| 5th1 |
| Person |
sing. |
plur. |
| 1st |
-ntamaisillani |
-ntamaisillamme |
| 2nd |
-ntamaisillasi |
-ntamaisillanne |
| 3rd |
-ntamaisillaan
-ntamaisillansa |
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