kursailla
Finnish
Etymology
kursa- + -illa. The root is from Swedish krusa with metathesis.
Verb
kursailla
- to stand on ceremony (to act in a formal, ceremonious or overly polite manner)
- Olkaa kuin kotonanne - ei ole mitään syytä kursailla.
- Please make yourself at home - there's no need to stand on ceremony.
- Olkaa kuin kotonanne - ei ole mitään syytä kursailla.
Conjugation
| Inflection of kursailla (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kursailen | en kursaile | 1st sing. | olen kursaillut | en ole kursaillut | |
| 2nd sing. | kursailet | et kursaile | 2nd sing. | olet kursaillut | et ole kursaillut | |
| 3rd sing. | kursailee | ei kursaile | 3rd sing. | on kursaillut | ei ole kursaillut | |
| 1st plur. | kursailemme | emme kursaile | 1st plur. | olemme kursailleet | emme ole kursailleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kursailette | ette kursaile | 2nd plur. | olette kursailleet | ette ole kursailleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kursailevat | eivät kursaile | 3rd plur. | ovat kursailleet | eivät ole kursailleet | |
| passive | kursaillaan | ei kursailla | passive | on kursailtu | ei ole kursailtu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kursailin | en kursaillut | 1st sing. | olin kursaillut | en ollut kursaillut | |
| 2nd sing. | kursailit | et kursaillut | 2nd sing. | olit kursaillut | et ollut kursaillut | |
| 3rd sing. | kursaili | ei kursaillut | 3rd sing. | oli kursaillut | ei ollut kursaillut | |
| 1st plur. | kursailimme | emme kursailleet | 1st plur. | olimme kursailleet | emme olleet kursailleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kursailitte | ette kursailleet | 2nd plur. | olitte kursailleet | ette olleet kursailleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kursailivat | eivät kursailleet | 3rd plur. | olivat kursailleet | eivät olleet kursailleet | |
| passive | kursailtiin | ei kursailtu | passive | oli kursailtu | ei ollut kursailtu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kursailisin | en kursailisi | 1st sing. | olisin kursaillut | en olisi kursaillut | |
| 2nd sing. | kursailisit | et kursailisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kursaillut | et olisi kursaillut | |
| 3rd sing. | kursailisi | ei kursailisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kursaillut | ei olisi kursaillut | |
| 1st plur. | kursailisimme | emme kursailisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kursailleet | emme olisi kursailleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kursailisitte | ette kursailisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kursailleet | ette olisi kursailleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kursailisivat | eivät kursailisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kursailleet | eivät olisi kursailleet | |
| passive | kursailtaisiin | ei kursailtaisi | passive | olisi kursailtu | ei olisi kursailtu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kursaile | älä kursaile | 2nd sing. | ole kursaillut | älä ole kursaillut | |
| 3rd sing. | kursailkoon | älköön kursailko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kursaillut | älköön olko kursaillut | |
| 1st plur. | kursailkaamme | älkäämme kursailko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kursailleet | älkäämme olko kursailleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kursailkaa | älkää kursailko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kursailleet | älkää olko kursailleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kursailkoot | älkööt kursailko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kursailleet | älkööt olko kursailleet | |
| passive | kursailtakoon | älköön kursailtako | passive | olkoon kursailtu | älköön olko kursailtu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kursaillen | en kursaille | 1st sing. | lienen kursaillut | en liene kursaillut | |
| 2nd sing. | kursaillet | et kursaille | 2nd sing. | lienet kursaillut | et liene kursaillut | |
| 3rd sing. | kursaillee | ei kursaille | 3rd sing. | lienee kursaillut | ei liene kursaillut | |
| 1st plur. | kursaillemme | emme kursaille | 1st plur. | lienemme kursailleet | emme liene kursailleet | |
| 2nd plur. | kursaillette | ette kursaille | 2nd plur. | lienette kursailleet | ette liene kursailleet | |
| 3rd plur. | kursaillevat | eivät kursaille | 3rd plur. | lienevät kursailleet | eivät liene kursailleet | |
| passive | kursailtaneen | ei kursailtane | passive | lienee kursailtu | ei liene kursailtu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kursailla | present | kursaileva | kursailtava | ||
| long 1st2 | kursaillakseen | past | kursaillut | kursailtu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kursaillessa | kursailtaessa | agent1, 3 | kursailema | |
| instructive | kursaillen | — | negative | kursailematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kursailemassa | — | 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. | ||
| elative | kursailemasta | — | ||||
| illative | kursailemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kursailemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kursailematta | — | ||||
| instructive | kursaileman | kursailtaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kursaileminen | ||||
| partitive | kursailemista | |||||
| 5th2 | kursailemaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- kruusata
Derived terms
- kursailematon