somettaa

Finnish

Etymology

From some (“social media”, contraction of sosiaalinen media) +‎ -ttaa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsometːɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠o̞me̞t̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ometːɑː
• Syllabification^(key): so‧met‧taa

Verb

somettaa (informal, intransitive)

1. to use social media

Declension

Inflection of somettaa (Kotus type 53*C/muistaa, tt-t gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sometan	en someta	1st sing.	olen somettanut	en ole somettanut
2nd sing.		sometat	et someta	2nd sing.	olet somettanut	et ole somettanut
3rd sing.		somettaa	ei someta	3rd sing.	on somettanut	ei ole somettanut
1st plur.		sometamme	emme someta	1st plur.	olemme somettaneet	emme ole somettaneet
2nd plur.		sometatte	ette someta	2nd plur.	olette somettaneet	ette ole somettaneet
3rd plur.		somettavat	eivät someta	3rd plur.	ovat somettaneet	eivät ole somettaneet
passive		sometetaan	ei someteta	passive	on sometettu	ei ole sometettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sometin	en somettanut	1st sing.	olin somettanut	en ollut somettanut
2nd sing.		sometit	et somettanut	2nd sing.	olit somettanut	et ollut somettanut
3rd sing.		sometti	ei somettanut	3rd sing.	oli somettanut	ei ollut somettanut
1st plur.		sometimme	emme somettaneet	1st plur.	olimme somettaneet	emme olleet somettaneet
2nd plur.		sometitte	ette somettaneet	2nd plur.	olitte somettaneet	ette olleet somettaneet
3rd plur.		somettivat	eivät somettaneet	3rd plur.	olivat somettaneet	eivät olleet somettaneet
passive		sometettiin	ei sometettu	passive	oli sometettu	ei ollut sometettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		somettaisin	en somettaisi	1st sing.	olisin somettanut	en olisi somettanut
2nd sing.		somettaisit	et somettaisi	2nd sing.	olisit somettanut	et olisi somettanut
3rd sing.		somettaisi	ei somettaisi	3rd sing.	olisi somettanut	ei olisi somettanut
1st plur.		somettaisimme	emme somettaisi	1st plur.	olisimme somettaneet	emme olisi somettaneet
2nd plur.		somettaisitte	ette somettaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte somettaneet	ette olisi somettaneet
3rd plur.		somettaisivat	eivät somettaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat somettaneet	eivät olisi somettaneet
passive		sometettaisiin	ei sometettaisi	passive	olisi sometettu	ei olisi sometettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		someta	älä someta	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		somettakoon	älköön somettako	3rd sing.	olkoon somettanut	älköön olko somettanut
1st plur.		somettakaamme	älkäämme somettako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		somettakaa	älkää somettako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		somettakoot	älkööt somettako	3rd plur.	olkoot somettaneet	älkööt olko somettaneet
passive		sometettakoon	älköön sometettako	passive	olkoon sometettu	älköön olko sometettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		somettanen	en somettane	1st sing.	lienen somettanut	en liene somettanut
2nd sing.		somettanet	et somettane	2nd sing.	lienet somettanut	et liene somettanut
3rd sing.		somettanee	ei somettane	3rd sing.	lienee somettanut	ei liene somettanut
1st plur.		somettanemme	emme somettane	1st plur.	lienemme somettaneet	emme liene somettaneet
2nd plur.		somettanette	ette somettane	2nd plur.	lienette somettaneet	ette liene somettaneet
3rd plur.		somettanevat	eivät somettane	3rd plur.	lienevät somettaneet	eivät liene somettaneet
passive		sometettaneen	ei sometettane	passive	lienee sometettu	ei liene sometettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		somettaa		present	somettava	sometettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st somettaakseni somettaaksemme 2nd somettaaksesi somettaaksenne 3rd somettaakseen somettaaksensa		past	somettanut	sometettu
2nd	inessive2	somettaessa	sometettaessa	agent3	somettama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st somettaessani somettaessamme 2nd somettaessasi somettaessanne 3rd somettaessaan somettaessansa		negative	somettamaton
	instructive	somettaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Usually with a possessive suffix. Not used with intransitive verbs. Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. 4) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). * The third-person singular indicative form somettaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	somettamassa	—
	elative	somettamasta	—
	illative	somettamaan	—
	adessive	somettamalla	—
	abessive	somettamatta	—
	instructive	somettaman	sometettaman
4th4	verbal noun	somettaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st somettamaisillani somettamaisillamme 2nd somettamaisillasi somettamaisillanne 3rd somettamaisillaan somettamaisillansa

Further reading

• “somettaa”, 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 2023-07-03