halukas
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]halukas (comparative halukkaampi, superlative halukkain)
- inclined, eager, willing
- Oletko halukas lähtemään huomenna Turkuun?
- Are you willing to travel to Turku tomorrow?
Usage notes
[edit]That to which one is willing is in illative case. The verb form of lähteä is active third infinitive, which is formed with -ma, -mä suffix from the stem of the verb. In the example above:
- "to leave" = lähteä (“to leave, go”) > lähte- + -mä + -än (illative ending)
Halukas can be used also attributively but is postponed if accompanied by a pronoun (joku halukas tulee).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of halukas (Kotus type 41*A/vieras, kk-k gradation) | |||
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nominative | halukas | halukkaat | |
genitive | halukkaan | halukkaiden halukkaitten | |
partitive | halukasta | halukkaita | |
illative | halukkaaseen | halukkaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | halukas | halukkaat | |
accusative | nom. | halukas | halukkaat |
gen. | halukkaan | ||
genitive | halukkaan | halukkaiden halukkaitten halukasten rare | |
partitive | halukasta | halukkaita | |
inessive | halukkaassa | halukkaissa | |
elative | halukkaasta | halukkaista | |
illative | halukkaaseen | halukkaisiin halukkaihin rare | |
adessive | halukkaalla | halukkailla | |
ablative | halukkaalta | halukkailta | |
allative | halukkaalle | halukkaille | |
essive | halukkaana | halukkaina | |
translative | halukkaaksi | halukkaiksi | |
abessive | halukkaatta | halukkaitta | |
instructive | — | halukkain | |
comitative | — | halukkaine |
Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “halukas”, 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 2023-07-02