älkää

See also: alkaa

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈælkæː/, [ˈælk̟æː]
• Hyphenation: äl‧kää

Verb

älkää

1. The second-person plural form of the negative verb (negation verb) in imperative, do not/don’t (addressing many persons or politely one person).

   • Juoskaa! (“Run!”) → Älkää juosko! (“Do not run!”)

Usage notes

• Älkää is used with a connegative form of the main verb, ending with -ko/-kö, identical to the form used with third-person singular, first-person plural and second-person plural.

Conjugation

• The negation verb has no infinitive form.
• Indicative, conditional and potential moods use the indicative forms (stem e-), for which the verb is conjugated only in person.
• In the imperative mood the negation verb has the stem äl-.
• An archaic optative mood exists and is used mainly in poetry.

person	indicative mood	imperative mood	optative mood
1st sing.	en	—	—
2nd sing.	et	älä	(ällös)
3rd sing.	ei	älköön	(älköön)
1st plur.	emme	älkäämme	(älköömme)
2nd plur.	ette	älkää	(älköötte)
3rd plur.	eivät	älkööt	(älkööt)

Anagrams

• äläkä