lestä
See also: lesta
Finnish
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Finnic *lese- (Karelian lessä is an exact cognate; also compare Ingrian lesemet, Votic lesemet and dialectal Estonian lesemed).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlestæˣ/, [ˈle̞s̠tæ(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -estæ
- Syllabification(key): les‧tä
Conjugation
| Inflection of lestä (Kotus type 66/rohkaista, no gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | lesen | en lese | 1st sing. | olen lessyt | en ole lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | leset | et lese | 2nd sing. | olet lessyt | et ole lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | lesee | ei lese | 3rd sing. | on lessyt | ei ole lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | lesemme | emme lese | 1st plur. | olemme lesseet | emme ole lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | lesette | ette lese | 2nd plur. | olette lesseet | ette ole lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | lesevät | eivät lese | 3rd plur. | ovat lesseet | eivät ole lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | lestään | ei lestä | passive | on lesty | ei ole lesty | ||||||||||||||||
| past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | lesin | en lessyt | 1st sing. | olin lessyt | en ollut lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | lesit | et lessyt | 2nd sing. | olit lessyt | et ollut lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | lesi | ei lessyt | 3rd sing. | oli lessyt | ei ollut lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | lesimme | emme lesseet | 1st plur. | olimme lesseet | emme olleet lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | lesitte | ette lesseet | 2nd plur. | olitte lesseet | ette olleet lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | lesivät | eivät lesseet | 3rd plur. | olivat lesseet | eivät olleet lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | lestiin | ei lesty | passive | oli lesty | ei ollut lesty | ||||||||||||||||
| conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | lesisin | en lesisi | 1st sing. | olisin lessyt | en olisi lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | lesisit | et lesisi | 2nd sing. | olisit lessyt | et olisi lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | lesisi | ei lesisi | 3rd sing. | olisi lessyt | ei olisi lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | lesisimme | emme lesisi | 1st plur. | olisimme lesseet | emme olisi lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | lesisitte | ette lesisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte lesseet | ette olisi lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | lesisivät | eivät lesisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat lesseet | eivät olisi lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | lestäisiin | ei lestäisi | passive | olisi lesty | ei olisi lesty | ||||||||||||||||
| imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | lese | älä lese | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | lesköön | älköön leskö | 3rd sing. | olkoon lessyt | älköön olko lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | leskäämme | älkäämme leskö | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | leskää | älkää leskö | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | leskööt | älkööt leskö | 3rd plur. | olkoot lesseet | älkööt olko lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | lestäköön | älköön lestäkö | passive | olkoon lesty | älköön olko lesty | ||||||||||||||||
| potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st sing. | lessen | en lesse | 1st sing. | lienen lessyt | en liene lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd sing. | lesset | et lesse | 2nd sing. | lienet lessyt | et liene lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd sing. | lessee | ei lesse | 3rd sing. | lienee lessyt | ei liene lessyt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1st plur. | lessemme | emme lesse | 1st plur. | lienemme lesseet | emme liene lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd plur. | lessette | ette lesse | 2nd plur. | lienette lesseet | ette liene lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| 3rd plur. | lessevät | eivät lesse | 3rd plur. | lienevät lesseet | eivät liene lesseet | ||||||||||||||||
| passive | lestäneen | ei lestäne | passive | lienee lesty | ei liene lesty | ||||||||||||||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
| infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | lestä | present | lesevä | lestävä | |||||||||||||||||
| long 1st1 |
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past | lessyt | lesty | |||||||||||||||||
| 2nd | inessive2 | lestessä | lestäessä | agent3 | lesemä | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | lesemätön | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | lesten | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | inessive | lesemässä | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| elative | lesemästä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| illative | lesemään | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| adessive | lesemällä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| abessive | lesemättä | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| instructive | lesemän | lestämän | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4th4 | verbal noun | leseminen | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5th1 |
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Further reading
- “lestä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
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