-tella

See also: tella, Tella, and -tellä

Finnish

Etymology

-ttaa + -ella; the first suffix was adapted by analogy from the causative meaning, taking to "to refer to as" as well as probably later "to act like", while the -ella is a frequentative suffix. The analogy may have also taken place only after the use of -tella in its literal (causative-frequentative) sense for some verbs.

Suffix

-tella (front vowel harmony variant -tellä, stem -ttele-, linguistic notation -ttele- or -tellA)

  1. Forms verbs for calling someone by a name or a label.
    neiti (miss) + -tellaneiditellä (to call someone "miss")
  2. Forms verbs that describe act of pretending to be something.
    hurskas (pious) + -tellahurskastella (to be hypocritical)

Usage notes

Often added to the plural stem of the base noun.

Conjugation

Inflection of -tella (Kotus type 67*C/tulla, tt-t gradation)
indicative mood
present tense perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. -ttelen en -ttele 1st sing. olen -tellut en ole -tellut
2nd sing. -ttelet et -ttele 2nd sing. olet -tellut et ole -tellut
3rd sing. -ttelee ei -ttele 3rd sing. on -tellut ei ole -tellut
1st plur. -ttelemme emme -ttele 1st plur. olemme -telleet emme ole -telleet
2nd plur. -ttelette ette -ttele 2nd plur. olette -telleet ette ole -telleet
3rd plur. -ttelevat eivät -ttele 3rd plur. ovat -telleet eivät ole -telleet
passive -tellaan ei -tella passive on -teltu ei ole -teltu
past tense pluperfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. -ttelin en -tellut 1st sing. olin -tellut en ollut -tellut
2nd sing. -ttelit et -tellut 2nd sing. olit -tellut et ollut -tellut
3rd sing. -tteli ei -tellut 3rd sing. oli -tellut ei ollut -tellut
1st plur. -ttelimme emme -telleet 1st plur. olimme -telleet emme olleet -telleet
2nd plur. -ttelitte ette -telleet 2nd plur. olitte -telleet ette olleet -telleet
3rd plur. -ttelivat eivät -telleet 3rd plur. olivat -telleet eivät olleet -telleet
passive -teltiin ei -teltu passive oli -teltu ei ollut -teltu
conditional mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. -ttelisin en -ttelisi 1st sing. olisin -tellut en olisi -tellut
2nd sing. -ttelisit et -ttelisi 2nd sing. olisit -tellut et olisi -tellut
3rd sing. -ttelisi ei -ttelisi 3rd sing. olisi -tellut ei olisi -tellut
1st plur. -ttelisimme emme -ttelisi 1st plur. olisimme -telleet emme olisi -telleet
2nd plur. -ttelisitte ette -ttelisi 2nd plur. olisitte -telleet ette olisi -telleet
3rd plur. -ttelisivat eivät -ttelisi 3rd plur. olisivat -telleet eivät olisi -telleet
passive -teltaisiin ei -teltaisi passive olisi -teltu ei olisi -teltu
imperative mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. 1st sing.
2nd sing. -ttele älä -ttele 2nd sing.
3rd sing. -telkoon älköön -telko 3rd sing. olkoon -tellut älköön olko -tellut
1st plur. -telkaamme älkäämme -telko 1st plur.
2nd plur. -telkaa älkää -telko 2nd plur.
3rd plur. -telkoot älkööt -telko 3rd plur. olkoot -telleet älkööt olko -telleet
passive -teltakoon älköön -teltako passive olkoon -teltu älköön olko -teltu
potential mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. -tellen en -telle 1st sing. lienen -tellut en liene -tellut
2nd sing. -tellet et -telle 2nd sing. lienet -tellut et liene -tellut
3rd sing. -tellee ei -telle 3rd sing. lienee -tellut ei liene -tellut
1st plur. -tellemme emme -telle 1st plur. lienemme -telleet emme liene -telleet
2nd plur. -tellette ette -telle 2nd plur. lienette -telleet ette liene -telleet
3rd plur. -tellevat eivät -telle 3rd plur. lienevät -telleet eivät liene -telleet
passive -teltaneen ei -teltane passive lienee -teltu ei liene -teltu
Nominal forms
infinitives participles
active passive active passive
1st -tella present -tteleva -teltava
long 1st1
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st -tellakseni -tellaksemme
2nd -tellaksesi -tellaksenne
3rd -tellakseen
-tellaksensa
past -tellut -teltu
2nd inessive2 -tellessa -teltaessa agent3 -ttelema
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st -tellessani -tellessamme
2nd -tellessasi -tellessanne
3rd -tellessaan
-tellessansa
negative -ttelematon
instructive -tellen 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).

3rd inessive -ttelemassa
elative -ttelemasta
illative -ttelemaan
adessive -ttelemalla
abessive -ttelematta
instructive -tteleman -teltaman
4th4 verbal noun -tteleminen
5th1
Possessive forms
Person sing. plur.
1st -ttelemaisillani -ttelemaisillamme
2nd -ttelemaisillasi -ttelemaisillanne
3rd -ttelemaisillaan
-ttelemaisillansa
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