valittaa
Appearance
See also: välittää
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly from Old Norse vála (whence Icelandic vola), but a long -aa- would be expected. Perhaps simply onomatopoeic. Has the suffix -ttaa but probably not in any causative sense.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]valittaa
- (intransitive) to moan, groan (make a noise in response to a painful experience)
- Synonym: voihkia
- (intransitive) to complain, grouse, gripe, whine [with elative ‘about’] (orally or in writing)
- Synonyms: purnata, (colloquial) inistä
- Kun ei ole varaa valita, niin ei ole varaa valittaa.
- Beggars cannot be choosers.
- (literally, “When you cannot afford to choose, you cannot afford to complain.”)
- (intransitive, law) to appeal [with elative ‘a decision’ and illative ‘to a higher instance’]
- Mies valitti Helsingin käräjäoikeuden tuomiosta Helsingin hovioikeuteen.
- The man appealed the sentence of the Helsinki District Court to the Helsinki Court of Appeal.
- (transitive, usually atelic) to apologize for, make one's apologies, be sorry, deplore, regret
- Valitan. ― I'm sorry.
Conjugation
[edit]Inflection of valittaa (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. | valitan | en valita | 1st sing. | olen valittanut | en ole valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | valitat | et valita | 2nd sing. | olet valittanut | et ole valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | valittaa | ei valita | 3rd sing. | on valittanut | ei ole valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | valitamme | emme valita | 1st plur. | olemme valittaneet | emme ole valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | valitatte | ette valita | 2nd plur. | olette valittaneet | ette ole valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | valittavat | eivät valita | 3rd plur. | ovat valittaneet | eivät ole valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | valitetaan | ei valiteta | passive | on valitettu | ei ole valitettu | ||||||||||||||||
past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | valitin | en valittanut | 1st sing. | olin valittanut | en ollut valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | valitit | et valittanut | 2nd sing. | olit valittanut | et ollut valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | valitti | ei valittanut | 3rd sing. | oli valittanut | ei ollut valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | valitimme | emme valittaneet | 1st plur. | olimme valittaneet | emme olleet valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | valititte | ette valittaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte valittaneet | ette olleet valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | valittivat | eivät valittaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat valittaneet | eivät olleet valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | valitettiin | ei valitettu | passive | oli valitettu | ei ollut valitettu | ||||||||||||||||
conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | valittaisin | en valittaisi | 1st sing. | olisin valittanut | en olisi valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | valittaisit | et valittaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit valittanut | et olisi valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | valittaisi | ei valittaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi valittanut | ei olisi valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | valittaisimme | emme valittaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme valittaneet | emme olisi valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | valittaisitte | ette valittaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte valittaneet | ette olisi valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | valittaisivat | eivät valittaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat valittaneet | eivät olisi valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | valitettaisiin | ei valitettaisi | passive | olisi valitettu | ei olisi valitettu | ||||||||||||||||
imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | valita | älä valita | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | valittakoon | älköön valittako | 3rd sing. | olkoon valittanut | älköön olko valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | valittakaamme | älkäämme valittako | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | valittakaa | älkää valittako | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | valittakoot | älkööt valittako | 3rd plur. | olkoot valittaneet | älkööt olko valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | valitettakoon | älköön valitettako | passive | olkoon valitettu | älköön olko valitettu | ||||||||||||||||
potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | valittanen | en valittane | 1st sing. | lienen valittanut | en liene valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | valittanet | et valittane | 2nd sing. | lienet valittanut | et liene valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | valittanee | ei valittane | 3rd sing. | lienee valittanut | ei liene valittanut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | valittanemme | emme valittane | 1st plur. | lienemme valittaneet | emme liene valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | valittanette | ette valittane | 2nd plur. | lienette valittaneet | ette liene valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | valittanevat | eivät valittane | 3rd plur. | lienevät valittaneet | eivät liene valittaneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | valitettaneen | ei valitettane | passive | lienee valitettu | ei liene valitettu | ||||||||||||||||
Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
1st | valittaa | present | valittava | valitettava | |||||||||||||||||
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past | valittanut | valitettu | |||||||||||||||||
2nd | inessive2 | valittaessa | valitettaessa | agent4 | valittama | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | valittamaton | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | valittaen | — | 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 | valittamassa | — | ||||||||||||||||||
elative | valittamasta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
illative | valittamaan | — | |||||||||||||||||||
adessive | valittamalla | — | |||||||||||||||||||
abessive | valittamatta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | valittaman | valitettaman | |||||||||||||||||||
4th3 | verbal noun | valittaminen | |||||||||||||||||||
5th1 |
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Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “valittaa”, 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 2023-07-04