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katsoa
katsoa
Finnish
(index ka)
Verb
katsoa
- (transitive, + partitive) To look, have a look, take a look (+ at).
- Katsoin sitä.
- I looked at it.
- Katsoin sitä.
- (transitive, + accusative) To watch.
- Katsoin elokuvaa.
- I was watching a movie. (incomplete action)
- Katsoin elokuvan.
- I watched a movie. (completed action)
- Katsoin elokuvaa.
Conjugation
| Inflection of katsoa (Kotus type 52/sanoa, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | katson | en katso | 1st sing. | olen katsonut | en ole katsonut | |
| 2nd sing. | katsot | et katso | 2nd sing. | olet katsonut | et ole katsonut | |
| 3rd sing. | katsoo | ei katso | 3rd sing. | on katsonut | ei ole katsonut | |
| 1st plur. | katsomme | emme katso | 1st plur. | olemme katsoneet | emme ole katsoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | katsotte | ette katso | 2nd plur. | olette katsoneet | ette ole katsoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | katsovat | eivät katso | 3rd plur. | ovat katsoneet | eivät ole katsoneet | |
| passive | katsotaan | ei katsota | passive | on katsottu | ei ole katsottu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | katsoin | en katsonut | 1st sing. | olin katsonut | en ollut katsonut | |
| 2nd sing. | katsoit | et katsonut | 2nd sing. | olit katsonut | et ollut katsonut | |
| 3rd sing. | katsoi | ei katsonut | 3rd sing. | oli katsonut | ei ollut katsonut | |
| 1st plur. | katsoimme | emme katsoneet | 1st plur. | olimme katsoneet | emme olleet katsoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | katsoitte | ette katsoneet | 2nd plur. | olitte katsoneet | ette olleet katsoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | katsoivat | eivät katsoneet | 3rd plur. | olivat katsoneet | eivät olleet katsoneet | |
| passive | katsottiin | ei katsottu | passive | oli katsottu | ei ollut katsottu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | katsoisin | en katsoisi | 1st sing. | olisin katsonut | en olisi katsonut | |
| 2nd sing. | katsoisit | et katsoisi | 2nd sing. | olisit katsonut | et olisi katsonut | |
| 3rd sing. | katsoisi | ei katsoisi | 3rd sing. | olisi katsonut | ei olisi katsonut | |
| 1st plur. | katsoisimme | emme katsoisi | 1st plur. | olisimme katsoneet | emme olisi katsoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | katsoisitte | ette katsoisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte katsoneet | ette olisi katsoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | katsoisivat | eivät katsoisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat katsoneet | eivät olisi katsoneet | |
| passive | katsottaisiin | ei katsottaisi | passive | olisi katsottu | ei olisi katsottu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | katso | älä katso | 2nd sing. | ole katsonut | älä ole katsonut | |
| 3rd sing. | katsokoon | älköön katsoko | 3rd sing. | olkoon katsonut | älköön olko katsonut | |
| 1st plur. | katsokaamme | älkäämme katsoko | 1st plur. | olkaamme katsoneet | älkäämme olko katsoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | katsokaa | älkää katsoko | 2nd plur. | olkaa katsoneet | älkää olko katsoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | katsokoot | älkööt katsoko | 3rd plur. | olkoot katsoneet | älkööt olko katsoneet | |
| passive | katsottakoon | älköön katsottako | passive | olkoon katsottu | älköön olko katsottu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | katsonen | en katsone | 1st sing. | lienen katsonut | en liene katsonut | |
| 2nd sing. | katsonet | et katsone | 2nd sing. | lienet katsonut | et liene katsonut | |
| 3rd sing. | katsonee | ei katsone | 3rd sing. | lienee katsonut | ei liene katsonut | |
| 1st plur. | katsonemme | emme katsone | 1st plur. | lienemme katsoneet | emme liene katsoneet | |
| 2nd plur. | katsonette | ette katsone | 2nd plur. | lienette katsoneet | ette liene katsoneet | |
| 3rd plur. | katsonevat | eivät katsone | 3rd plur. | lienevät katsoneet | eivät liene katsoneet | |
| passive | katsottaneen | ei katsottane | passive | lienee katsottu | ei liene katsottu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | katsoa | present | katsova | katsottava | ||
| long 1st2 | katsoakseen | past | katsonut | katsottu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | katsoessa | katsottaessa | agent1, 3 | katsoma | |
| instructive | katsoen | — | negative | katsomaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | katsomassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | katsomasta | — | ||||
| illative | katsomaan | — | ||||
| adessive | katsomalla | — | ||||
| abessive | katsomatta | — | ||||
| instructive | katsoman | katsottaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | katsominen | ||||
| partitive | katsomista | |||||
| 5th2 | katsomaisillaan | |||||
Usage notes
- Katsoa expresses more attentive watching than katsella.
- The second-person singular imperative "katso!" is a false friend of the Italian word ****.