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soveltaa
soveltaa
Finnish
(index so)
Verb
soveltaa
- To apply (to make use of)
- soveltaa teoriaa ongelmaan = to apply a theory to a problem
- To apply (to pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group).
- Sitä sääntöä sovelletaan vain ulkomaalaisiin.
- That rule only applies to foreigners.
- Sitä sääntöä sovelletaan vain ulkomaalaisiin.
Conjugation
| Inflection of soveltaa (Kotus type 54/huutaa, lt-ll gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sovellan | en sovella | 1st sing. | olen soveltanut | en ole soveltanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sovellat | et sovella | 2nd sing. | olet soveltanut | et ole soveltanut | |
| 3rd sing. | soveltaa | ei sovella | 3rd sing. | on soveltanut | ei ole soveltanut | |
| 1st plur. | sovellamme | emme sovella | 1st plur. | olemme soveltaneet | emme ole soveltaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sovellatte | ette sovella | 2nd plur. | olette soveltaneet | ette ole soveltaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | soveltavat | eivät sovella | 3rd plur. | ovat soveltaneet | eivät ole soveltaneet | |
| passive | sovelletaan | ei sovelleta | passive | on sovellettu | ei ole sovellettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sovelsin | en soveltanut | 1st sing. | olin soveltanut | en ollut soveltanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sovelsit | et soveltanut | 2nd sing. | olit soveltanut | et ollut soveltanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sovelsi | ei soveltanut | 3rd sing. | oli soveltanut | ei ollut soveltanut | |
| 1st plur. | sovelsimme | emme soveltaneet | 1st plur. | olimme soveltaneet | emme olleet soveltaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sovelsitte | ette soveltaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte soveltaneet | ette olleet soveltaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sovelsivat | eivät soveltaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat soveltaneet | eivät olleet soveltaneet | |
| passive | sovellettiin | ei sovellettu | passive | oli sovellettu | ei ollut sovellettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | soveltaisin | en soveltaisi | 1st sing. | olisin soveltanut | en olisi soveltanut | |
| 2nd sing. | soveltaisit | et soveltaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit soveltanut | et olisi soveltanut | |
| 3rd sing. | soveltaisi | ei soveltaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi soveltanut | ei olisi soveltanut | |
| 1st plur. | soveltaisimme | emme soveltaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme soveltaneet | emme olisi soveltaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | soveltaisitte | ette soveltaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte soveltaneet | ette olisi soveltaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | soveltaisivat | eivät soveltaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat soveltaneet | eivät olisi soveltaneet | |
| passive | sovellettaisiin | ei sovellettaisi | passive | olisi sovellettu | ei olisi sovellettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sovella | älä sovella | 2nd sing. | ole soveltanut | älä ole soveltanut | |
| 3rd sing. | soveltakoon | älköön soveltako | 3rd sing. | olkoon soveltanut | älköön olko soveltanut | |
| 1st plur. | soveltakaamme | älkäämme soveltako | 1st plur. | olkaamme soveltaneet | älkäämme olko soveltaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | soveltakaa | älkää soveltako | 2nd plur. | olkaa soveltaneet | älkää olko soveltaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | soveltakoot | älkööt soveltako | 3rd plur. | olkoot soveltaneet | älkööt olko soveltaneet | |
| passive | sovellettakoon | älköön sovellettako | passive | olkoon sovellettu | älköön olko sovellettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | soveltanen | en soveltane | 1st sing. | lienen soveltanut | en liene soveltanut | |
| 2nd sing. | soveltanet | et soveltane | 2nd sing. | lienet soveltanut | et liene soveltanut | |
| 3rd sing. | soveltanee | ei soveltane | 3rd sing. | lienee soveltanut | ei liene soveltanut | |
| 1st plur. | soveltanemme | emme soveltane | 1st plur. | lienemme soveltaneet | emme liene soveltaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | soveltanette | ette soveltane | 2nd plur. | lienette soveltaneet | ette liene soveltaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | soveltanevat | eivät soveltane | 3rd plur. | lienevät soveltaneet | eivät liene soveltaneet | |
| passive | sovellettaneen | ei sovellettane | passive | lienee sovellettu | ei liene sovellettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | soveltaa | present | soveltava | sovellettava | ||
| long 1st2 | soveltaakseen | past | soveltanut | sovellettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | soveltaessa | sovellettaessa | agent1, 3 | soveltama | |
| instructive | soveltaen | — | negative | soveltamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | soveltamassa | — | 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 | soveltamasta | — | ||||
| illative | soveltamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | soveltamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | soveltamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | soveltaman | sovellettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | soveltaminen | ||||
| partitive | soveltamista | |||||
| 5th2 | soveltamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
Verb
soveltaa
- Third-person singular indicative present form of soveltaa.