alentaa
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[edit] Finnish
(index al)
[edit] Etymology
From the stem ala-.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧len‧taa
- IPA: [ˈɑlentɑː]
[edit] Verb
alentaa
- (transitive) To lower, decrease, reduce, diminish.
- (transitive) To slash, mark down, bring down (prices).
- (transitive) To degrade, demote, abase, humiliate (a person).
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of alentaa (type huutaa)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | singular | plural | person | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st | alennan | alennamme | en alenna | emme alenna | 1st | olen alentanut | olemme alentaneet | en ole alentanut | emme ole alentaneet |
| 2nd | alennat | alennatte | et alenna | ette alenna | 2nd | olet alentanut | olette alentaneet | et ole alentanut | ette ole alentaneet |
| 3rd | alentaa | alentavat | ei alenna | eivät alenna | 3rd | on alentanut | ovat alentaneet | ei ole alentanut | eivät ole alentaneet |
| passive | alennetaan | ei alenneta | passive | on alennettu | ei ole alennettu | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | singular | plural | person | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st | alensin | alensimme | en alentanut | emme alentaneet | 1st | olin alentanut | olimme alentaneet | en ollut alentanut | emme olleet alentaneet |
| 2nd | alensit | alensitte | et alentanut | ette alentaneet | 2nd | olit alentanut | olitte alentaneet | et ollut alentanut | ette olleet alentaneet |
| 3rd | alensi | alensivat | ei alentanut | eivät alentaneet | 3rd | oli alentanut | olivat alentaneet | ei ollut alentanut | eivät olleet alentaneet |
| passive | alennettiin | ei alennettu | passive | oli alennettu | ei ollut alennettu | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | singular | plural | person | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st | alentaisin | alentaisimme | en alentaisi | emme alentaisi | 1st | olisin alentanut | olisimme alentaneet | en olisi alentanut | emme olisi alentaneet |
| 2nd | alentaisit | alentaisitte | et alentaisi | ette alentaisi | 2nd | olisit alentanut | olisitte alentaneet | et olisi alentanut | ette olisi alentaneet |
| 3rd | alentaisi | alentaisivat | ei alentaisi | eivät alentaisi | 3rd | olisi alentanut | olisivat alentaneet | ei olisi alentanut | eivät olisi alentaneet |
| passive | alennettaisiin | ei alennettaisi | passive | olisi alennettu | ei olisi alennettu | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | singular | plural | person | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st | – | alentakaamme | – | älkäämme alentako | 1st | – | olkaamme alentaneet | – | älkäämme olko alentaneet |
| 2nd | alenna | alentakaa | älä alenna | älkää alentako | 2nd | ole alentanut | olkaa alentaneet | älä ole alentanut | älkää olko alentaneet |
| 3rd | alentakoon | alentakoot | älköön alentako | älkööt alentako | 3rd | olkoon alentanut | olkoot alentaneet | älköön olko alentanut | älkööt olko alentaneet |
| passive | alennettakoon | älköön alennettako | passive | olkoon alennettu | älköön olko alennettu | ||||
| potential | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| positive | negative | positive | negative | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | singular | plural | person | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st | alentanen | alentanemme | en alentane | emme alentane | 1st | lienen alentanut | lienemme alentaneet | en liene alentanut | emme liene alentaneet |
| 2nd | alentanet | alentanette | et alentane | ette alentane | 2nd | lienet alentanut | lienette alentaneet | et liene alentanut | ette liene alentaneet |
| 3rd | alentanee | alentanevat | ei alentane | eivät alentane | 3rd | lienee alentanut | lienevät alentaneet | ei liene alentanut | eivät liene alentaneet |
| passive | alennettaneen | ei alennettane | passive | lienee alennettu | ei liene alennettu | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | participle | ||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||
| I | alentaa | present | alentava | alennettava | |||||
| long I | alentaakseen2 | past | alentanut | alennettu | |||||
| II | inessive | alentaessa1 | alennettaessa | agent | alentama1, 3 | ||||
| instructive | alentaen | – | negative | alentamaton | |||||
| III | inessive | alentamassa | – | 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 | alentamasta | – | |||||||
| illative | alentamaan | – | |||||||
| adessive | alentamalla | – | |||||||
| abessive | alentamatta | – | |||||||
| instructive | alentaman | alennettaman | |||||||
| IV | nominative | alentaminen | |||||||
| partitive | alentamista | ||||||||
| V | alentamaisillaan2 | ||||||||
[edit] Synonyms
- (to humiliate, degrade): nöyryyttää
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Verb
alentaa
- Third-person singular indicative present form of alentaa.