tehdä
Finnish
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (compare Karelian tehtä, Estonian tegema), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *teke- (compare Northern Sami dahkat, Erzya теемс (ťejems), Hungarian tesz; see the Proto-Uralic entry for more).
Pronunciation
Verb
tehdä
- (transitive) to do, perform, execute
- Mitä sinä teet?
- What are you doing?
- Meidän täytyy tehdä biopsia selvittääksemme oireiden syyn.
- We need to perform a biopsy in order to find out the cause of the symptoms.
- Mitä menit tekemään?
- What did you do? / What have you done? (scolding tone); literally "What did you go (to) do?"
- (transitive) to make, manufacture
- Tein äidilleni kakun.
- I made a cake for my mom.
- (transitive) to commit, perpetrate, carry out, conduct (to do, as a crime, sin, or fault)
- (transitive) to make, render (somebody: accusative, adjective: translative or somebody: elative, noun: accusative)
- (with translative adjective describing the end result) Hän teki minut iloiseksi.
- She made me happy.
- (with an elative noun describing the end result) He tekivät minusta presidentin.
- They made me President.
- (with translative adjective describing the end result)
- (transitive, informal) to make, cost (said often by the salesperson to the customer)
- (transitive, informal) to do a, pull a (copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned)
Usage notes
- (To make/render): The structure elative + accusative can sometimes be used also when describing the end result with an adjective, but the structure accusative + translative may very often not sound fluent when describing the end result with a noun. This distinction is very established and to make sure that the language used sounds fluent, it is preferable to stick to it although there is sometimes some fluctuation when describing the result with an adjective.
- ("do a", "pull a"; copy, emulate): What or who is being emulated is practically always in plural, even if plural forms would not normally be used for that particular word (such as with country names).
Conjugation
Inflection of tehdä (Kotus type 71*D/nähdä, k-∅ gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | teen | en tee | 1st sing. | olen tehnyt | en ole tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | teet | et tee | 2nd sing. | olet tehnyt | et ole tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tekee | ei tee | 3rd sing. | on tehnyt | ei ole tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | teemme | emme tee | 1st plur. | olemme tehneet | emme ole tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | teette | ette tee | 2nd plur. | olette tehneet | ette ole tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tekevät | eivät tee | 3rd plur. | ovat tehneet | eivät ole tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tehdään | ei tehdä | passive | on tehty | ei ole tehty | ||||||||||||||||
past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | tein | en tehnyt | 1st sing. | olin tehnyt | en ollut tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | teit | et tehnyt | 2nd sing. | olit tehnyt | et ollut tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | teki | ei tehnyt | 3rd sing. | oli tehnyt | ei ollut tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | teimme | emme tehneet | 1st plur. | olimme tehneet | emme olleet tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | teitte | ette tehneet | 2nd plur. | olitte tehneet | ette olleet tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tekivät | eivät tehneet | 3rd plur. | olivat tehneet | eivät olleet tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tehtiin | ei tehty | passive | oli tehty | ei ollut tehty | ||||||||||||||||
conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | tekisin | en tekisi | 1st sing. | olisin tehnyt | en olisi tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | tekisit | et tekisi | 2nd sing. | olisit tehnyt | et olisi tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tekisi | ei tekisi | 3rd sing. | olisi tehnyt | ei olisi tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | tekisimme | emme tekisi | 1st plur. | olisimme tehneet | emme olisi tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | tekisitte | ette tekisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte tehneet | ette olisi tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tekisivät | eivät tekisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat tehneet | eivät olisi tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tehtäisiin | ei tehtäisi | passive | olisi tehty | ei olisi tehty | ||||||||||||||||
imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | tee | älä tee | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tehköön | älköön tehkö | 3rd sing. | olkoon tehnyt | älköön olko tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | tehkäämme | älkäämme tehkö | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | tehkää | älkää tehkö | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tehkööt | älkööt tehkö | 3rd plur. | olkoot tehneet | älkööt olko tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tehtäköön | älköön tehtäkö | passive | olkoon tehty | älköön olko tehty | ||||||||||||||||
potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | tehnen | en tehne | 1st sing. | lienen tehnyt | en liene tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | tehnet | et tehne | 2nd sing. | lienet tehnyt | et liene tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tehnee | ei tehne | 3rd sing. | lienee tehnyt | ei liene tehnyt | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | tehnemme | emme tehne | 1st plur. | lienemme tehneet | emme liene tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | tehnette | ette tehne | 2nd plur. | lienette tehneet | ette liene tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tehnevät | eivät tehne | 3rd plur. | lienevät tehneet | eivät liene tehneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tehtäneen | ei tehtäne | passive | lienee tehty | ei liene tehty | ||||||||||||||||
Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
1st | tehdä | present | tekevä | tehtävä | |||||||||||||||||
long 1st1 |
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past | tehnyt | tehty | |||||||||||||||||
2nd | inessive2 | tehdessä | tehtäessä | agent4 | tekemä | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | tekemätön | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | tehden | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
3rd | inessive | tekemässä | — | ||||||||||||||||||
elative | tekemästä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
illative | tekemään | — | |||||||||||||||||||
adessive | tekemällä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
abessive | tekemättä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | tekemän | tehtämän | |||||||||||||||||||
4th3 | verbal noun | tekeminen | |||||||||||||||||||
5th1 |
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- adjectives: teennäinen
- nouns: teelmä, teennös, tehdas, tehtävä, tekele, tekijä, teko
- verbs: frequentative teeskellä, momentane tekaista, factitive teettää, reflexive tekeytyä
- adverbs: tekeillä
- tehdä + a proper noun in nominative plural (“to do a ...”) (colloquial)
- tehdä ero + genitive + välille (“to draw a distinction (between some things)”)
- tehdä hallaa + allative (“to harm somebody/something, be harmful to, have a harmful effect on”)
- tehdä heinää (“to make hay”)
- tehdä historiaa (“to make history”)
- tehdä housuihinsa (“to go, do it in one's pants”) (colloquial)
- (monopersonally): genitive + 3rd-pers. sg. + huonoa + infinitive (“to feel bad doing something”)
- Minun tekee pahaa ajatellakin sitä.
- I feel bad just thinking it.
- (Biblical): tehdä huorin (“to fornicate, commit adultery”)
- tehdä hyvä vaikutelma + illative (“to make a good impression”)
- (monopersonally): genitive + 3rd-pers. sg. + hyvää + infinitive (“to feel good doing something”)
- Minun tekee hyvää ajatella sitä.
- I feel good thinking it.
- tehdä iso numero + elative (“to make big deal out of something”)
- tehdä itsensä ymmärretyksi (“to make oneself understood”)
- tehdä mieliksi + allative (“to try to please someone”)
- tehdä mieli (“to feel like (doing or having), to fancy”)
- tehdä jonkun tahto (“to obey someone”)
- (sports): tehdä juoksu (“to hit a home run”)
- tehdä kaikkensa (“to do everything possible, do everything in one's power”)
- tehdä kanne + elative (“to file a lawsuit, bring charges against somebody, sue”)
- tehdä kantelu + elative (“to file a complaint”)
- tehdä kauppansa (“to sell (well), be a hot item, go like hotcakes”)
- tehdä kaupat (“to close a deal”)
- tehdä kuolemaa (“to be dying”)
- tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen (“to make a mountain out of a molehill”)
- tehdä loppu + elative (“to put an end, put a stop to”)
- tehdä oikeutta + allative (“to do justice”)
- tehdä palvelus + allative (“to do a favor”)
- tehdä parannus (“to repent, mend one's ways”)
- tehdä parhaansa (“to do one's best”)
- tehdä ristinmerkki (“to cross oneself”)
- tehdä selkoa + elative (“to report on something”)
- tehdä selväksi (“to make clear”)
- tehdä sopimus (“to make an agreement (synonym: solmia sopimus)”)
- tehdä sovinto (“to make up, become reconciled”)
- tehdä tarpeensa (“to relieve oneself, heed the call of nature”)
- tehdä tiliä + elative (“to make a reckoning”)
- tehdä työtä käskettyä (“to follow instructions”)
- tehdä täyskäännös (“to do an about face”)
- tehdä vaikutus (“to impress”)
- tehdä vastarintaa (“to resist”)
- tehdä voitavansa (“to do what one can”)
- tehdä itsemurha (“to commit suicide”)
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