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tulla
tulla
Finnish
(index tu)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tuldak, From Proto-Uralic *tole-. Cognate with Hungarian talál.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtulːɑˣ/
- Rhymes: -ulːɑ
- Hyphenation: tul‧la
Verb
tulla
- (intransitive) to come
- Hän tulee.
- She comes.
- Hän tulee.
- (intransitive, elative + 3rd-pers. singular + noun/adjective in nominative or partitive or tulla by person + translative) to become, get, go, turn
- Hänestä tuli rikas.
- She became rich.
- He tulivat hulluiksi.
- They went crazy.
- Hänestä tuli rikas.
- (intransitive, impersonal, genitive + 3rd-pers. singular + infinitive) to have to do, be to do, should do, be supposed to do
- Minun tulee tehdä tämä huomiseksi.
- I have to do this by tomorrow.
- Minun tulee tehdä tämä huomiseksi.
- (intransitive) Auxiliary verb for emphasized future tense. Usually, the nonpast tense should be used instead of this.
- Nimeni on Tapani ja tapani tulette tuntemaan.
- My name is Tapani and you will learn my manners.
- Nimeni on Tapani ja tapani tulette tuntemaan.
- (intransitive, + passive past participle in translative) Auxiliary verb for passive voice.
- Hän tuli valituksi.
- He was chosen.
- Tapa tai tule tapetuksi.
- Kill or be killed.
- Hän tuli valituksi.
- (intransitive, slang) to cum, orgasm
- (intransitive, + active past participle in translative) to manage to do (more or less unintentionally), succeed in doing (more or less unintentionally)
- Hän tuli tehneeksi pahan virheen.
- She managed to do a big mistake.
- Hän tuli tehneeksi pahan virheen.
Conjugation
| Inflection of tulla (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tulen | en tule | 1st sing. | olen tullut | en ole tullut | |
| 2nd sing. | tulet | et tule | 2nd sing. | olet tullut | et ole tullut | |
| 3rd sing. | tulee | ei tule | 3rd sing. | on tullut | ei ole tullut | |
| 1st plur. | tulemme | emme tule | 1st plur. | olemme tulleet | emme ole tulleet | |
| 2nd plur. | tulette | ette tule | 2nd plur. | olette tulleet | ette ole tulleet | |
| 3rd plur. | tulevat | eivät tule | 3rd plur. | ovat tulleet | eivät ole tulleet | |
| passive | tullaan | ei tulla | passive | on tultu | ei ole tultu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tulin | en tullut | 1st sing. | olin tullut | en ollut tullut | |
| 2nd sing. | tulit | et tullut | 2nd sing. | olit tullut | et ollut tullut | |
| 3rd sing. | tuli | ei tullut | 3rd sing. | oli tullut | ei ollut tullut | |
| 1st plur. | tulimme | emme tulleet | 1st plur. | olimme tulleet | emme olleet tulleet | |
| 2nd plur. | tulitte | ette tulleet | 2nd plur. | olitte tulleet | ette olleet tulleet | |
| 3rd plur. | tulivat | eivät tulleet | 3rd plur. | olivat tulleet | eivät olleet tulleet | |
| passive | tultiin | ei tultu | passive | oli tultu | ei ollut tultu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tulisin | en tulisi | 1st sing. | olisin tullut | en olisi tullut | |
| 2nd sing. | tulisit | et tulisi | 2nd sing. | olisit tullut | et olisi tullut | |
| 3rd sing. | tulisi | ei tulisi | 3rd sing. | olisi tullut | ei olisi tullut | |
| 1st plur. | tulisimme | emme tulisi | 1st plur. | olisimme tulleet | emme olisi tulleet | |
| 2nd plur. | tulisitte | ette tulisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte tulleet | ette olisi tulleet | |
| 3rd plur. | tulisivat | eivät tulisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat tulleet | eivät olisi tulleet | |
| passive | tultaisiin | ei tultaisi | passive | olisi tultu | ei olisi tultu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | tule | älä tule | 2nd sing. | ole tullut | älä ole tullut | |
| 3rd sing. | tulkoon | älköön tulko | 3rd sing. | olkoon tullut | älköön olko tullut | |
| 1st plur. | tulkaamme | älkäämme tulko | 1st plur. | olkaamme tulleet | älkäämme olko tulleet | |
| 2nd plur. | tulkaa | älkää tulko | 2nd plur. | olkaa tulleet | älkää olko tulleet | |
| 3rd plur. | tulkoot | älkööt tulko | 3rd plur. | olkoot tulleet | älkööt olko tulleet | |
| passive | tultakoon | älköön tultako | passive | olkoon tultu | älköön olko tultu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | tullen | en tulle | 1st sing. | lienen tullut | en liene tullut | |
| 2nd sing. | tullet | et tulle | 2nd sing. | lienet tullut | et liene tullut | |
| 3rd sing. | tullee | ei tulle | 3rd sing. | lienee tullut | ei liene tullut | |
| 1st plur. | tullemme | emme tulle | 1st plur. | lienemme tulleet | emme liene tulleet | |
| 2nd plur. | tullette | ette tulle | 2nd plur. | lienette tulleet | ette liene tulleet | |
| 3rd plur. | tullevat | eivät tulle | 3rd plur. | lienevät tulleet | eivät liene tulleet | |
| passive | tultaneen | ei tultane | passive | lienee tultu | ei liene tultu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | tulla | present | tuleva | tultava | ||
| long 1st2 | tullakseen | past | tullut | tultu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | tullessa | tultaessa | agent1, 3 | tulema | |
| instructive | tullen | — | negative | tulematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | tulemassa | — | 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 | tulemasta | — | ||||
| illative | tulemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | tulemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | tulematta | — | ||||
| instructive | tuleman | tultaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | tuleminen | ||||
| partitive | tulemista | |||||
| 5th2 | tulemaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to become): muuttua (+ translative)
- (to have to do): genitive + 3rd-pers. singular of pitää + infinitive, genitive + 3rd-pers. singular of olla + passive present participle, genitive + 3rd-pers. singular of olla + määrä + infinitive
- (to come/cum, orgasm): saada orgasmi
Antonyms
Derived terms
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See also
Spanish
Verb
tulla
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tullir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tullir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tullir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tullir.
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *tuldak, from Proto-Uralic *tole-.
Verb
tulla (first-person singular present tulõn, first-person singular past tulin)
- to come
- to arrive
- (of rain, snow etc.) to come down, to fall
- to come to pass, to happen
- to come up, to arise, to appear
- to become, to turn into
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
References
- "tulla" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat