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palaa
palaa
Finnish
(index pa)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
- Hyphenation: pa‧laa
Noun
palaa
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *paladak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑːˣ/
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑː(ʔ)
- Hyphenation: pa‧laa
Verb
palaa
- (intransitive) To burn.
- Tuli palaa uunissa.
- A fire is burning in the stove.
- Tuli palaa uunissa.
- (intransitive, e.g. of a lamp) To shine, emit light.
- Lamppu palaa.
- The lamp is turned on.
- Lamppu palaa.
- (colloquial) to smoke, used when offering a cigarette
- Palaako?
- Would you like to smoke?
- Palaako?
- (figuratively, idiomatic) ~ halusta : to burn with desire
- Hän paloi halusta päästä purjehtimaan Jussin kanssa.
- She was burning with desire to go sailing with John.
- Hän paloi halusta päästä purjehtimaan Jussin kanssa.
Usage notes
The difference between the Finnish verbs palaa and polttaa is that with palaa the fuel, or whatever is burning, is the subject of the sentence and with polttaa the fuel is an object. Both can be translated as “to burn” into English.
Conjugation
Inflection of palaa (Kotus type 56/kaivaa, no gradation) | ||||||
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indicative mood | ||||||
present tense | perfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | palan | en pala | 1st sing. | olen palanut | en ole palanut | |
2nd sing. | palat | et pala | 2nd sing. | olet palanut | et ole palanut | |
3rd sing. | palaa | ei pala | 3rd sing. | on palanut | ei ole palanut | |
1st plur. | palamme | emme pala | 1st plur. | olemme palaneet | emme ole palaneet | |
2nd plur. | palatte | ette pala | 2nd plur. | olette palaneet | ette ole palaneet | |
3rd plur. | palavat | eivät pala | 3rd plur. | ovat palaneet | eivät ole palaneet | |
passive | paletaan | ei paleta | passive | on palettu | ei ole palettu | |
past tense | pluperfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | paloin | en palanut | 1st sing. | olin palanut | en ollut palanut | |
2nd sing. | paloit | et palanut | 2nd sing. | olit palanut | et ollut palanut | |
3rd sing. | paloi | ei palanut | 3rd sing. | oli palanut | ei ollut palanut | |
1st plur. | paloimme | emme palaneet | 1st plur. | olimme palaneet | emme olleet palaneet | |
2nd plur. | paloitte | ette palaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte palaneet | ette olleet palaneet | |
3rd plur. | paloivat | eivät palaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat palaneet | eivät olleet palaneet | |
passive | palettiin | ei palettu | passive | oli palettu | ei ollut palettu | |
conditional mood | ||||||
present | perfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | palaisin | en palaisi | 1st sing. | olisin palanut | en olisi palanut | |
2nd sing. | palaisit | et palaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit palanut | et olisi palanut | |
3rd sing. | palaisi | ei palaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi palanut | ei olisi palanut | |
1st plur. | palaisimme | emme palaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme palaneet | emme olisi palaneet | |
2nd plur. | palaisitte | ette palaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte palaneet | ette olisi palaneet | |
3rd plur. | palaisivat | eivät palaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat palaneet | eivät olisi palaneet | |
passive | palettaisiin | ei palettaisi | passive | olisi palettu | ei olisi palettu | |
imperative mood | ||||||
present | perfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
2nd sing. | pala | älä pala | 2nd sing. | ole palanut | älä ole palanut | |
3rd sing. | palakoon | älköön palako | 3rd sing. | olkoon palanut | älköön olko palanut | |
1st plur. | palakaamme | älkäämme palako | 1st plur. | olkaamme palaneet | älkäämme olko palaneet | |
2nd plur. | palakaa | älkää palako | 2nd plur. | olkaa palaneet | älkää olko palaneet | |
3rd plur. | palakoot | älkööt palako | 3rd plur. | olkoot palaneet | älkööt olko palaneet | |
passive | palettakoon | älköön palettako | passive | olkoon palettu | älköön olko palettu | |
potential mood | ||||||
present | perfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | palanen | en palane | 1st sing. | lienen palanut | en liene palanut | |
2nd sing. | palanet | et palane | 2nd sing. | lienet palanut | et liene palanut | |
3rd sing. | palanee | ei palane | 3rd sing. | lienee palanut | ei liene palanut | |
1st plur. | palanemme | emme palane | 1st plur. | lienemme palaneet | emme liene palaneet | |
2nd plur. | palanette | ette palane | 2nd plur. | lienette palaneet | ette liene palaneet | |
3rd plur. | palanevat | eivät palane | 3rd plur. | lienevät palaneet | eivät liene palaneet | |
passive | palettaneen | ei palettane | passive | lienee palettu | ei liene palettu | |
Nominal forms | ||||||
infinitives | participles | |||||
active | passive | active | passive | |||
1st | palaa | present | palava | palettava | ||
long 1st2 | palaakseen | past | palanut | palettu | ||
2nd | inessive1 | palaessa | palettaessa | agent1, 3 | palama | |
instructive | palaen | — | negative | palamaton | ||
3rd | inessive | palamassa | — | 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 | palamasta | — | ||||
illative | palamaan | — | ||||
adessive | palamalla | — | ||||
abessive | palamatta | — | ||||
instructive | palaman | palettaman | ||||
4th | nominative | palaminen | ||||
partitive | palamista | |||||
5th2 | palamaisillaan |
Derived terms
Derived terms
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See also
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑː/
- Hyphenation: pa‧laa
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑː
Verb
palaa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑlɑːˣ/
- Hyphenation: pa‧laa
- Rhymes: -ɑlɑː(ʔ)
Verb
palaa
- Indicative present connegative form of palata.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of palata.
- Palaa!
- Come back!
- Palaa!
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of palata.
- Älä palaa!
- Don't come back!
- Älä palaa!