matkia
Finnish
Etymology
matka + -ia, originally meaning "to follow".
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mat‧ki‧a
Verb
matkia
- (transitive, + partitive) To mimic, ape; imitate, impersonate.
- Saat kymmenen euroa, jos matkit kanaa!
- I'll give you ten euros if you do a chicken!
- Saat kymmenen euroa, jos matkit kanaa!
Conjugation
| Inflection of matkia (Kotus type 61/sallia, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | matkin | en matki | 1st sing. | olen matkinut | en ole matkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | matkit | et matki | 2nd sing. | olet matkinut | et ole matkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | matkii | ei matki | 3rd sing. | on matkinut | ei ole matkinut | |
| 1st plur. | matkimme | emme matki | 1st plur. | olemme matkineet | emme ole matkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | matkitte | ette matki | 2nd plur. | olette matkineet | ette ole matkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | matkivat | eivät matki | 3rd plur. | ovat matkineet | eivät ole matkineet | |
| passive | matkitaan | ei matkita | passive | on matkittu | ei ole matkittu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | matkin | en matkinut | 1st sing. | olin matkinut | en ollut matkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | matkit | et matkinut | 2nd sing. | olit matkinut | et ollut matkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | matki | ei matkinut | 3rd sing. | oli matkinut | ei ollut matkinut | |
| 1st plur. | matkimme | emme matkineet | 1st plur. | olimme matkineet | emme olleet matkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | matkitte | ette matkineet | 2nd plur. | olitte matkineet | ette olleet matkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | matkivat | eivät matkineet | 3rd plur. | olivat matkineet | eivät olleet matkineet | |
| passive | matkittiin | ei matkittu | passive | oli matkittu | ei ollut matkittu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | matkisin | en matkisi | 1st sing. | olisin matkinut | en olisi matkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | matkisit | et matkisi | 2nd sing. | olisit matkinut | et olisi matkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | matkisi | ei matkisi | 3rd sing. | olisi matkinut | ei olisi matkinut | |
| 1st plur. | matkisimme | emme matkisi | 1st plur. | olisimme matkineet | emme olisi matkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | matkisitte | ette matkisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte matkineet | ette olisi matkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | matkisivat | eivät matkisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat matkineet | eivät olisi matkineet | |
| passive | matkittaisiin | ei matkittaisi | passive | olisi matkittu | ei olisi matkittu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | matki | älä matki | 2nd sing. | ole matkinut | älä ole matkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | matkikoon | älköön matkiko | 3rd sing. | olkoon matkinut | älköön olko matkinut | |
| 1st plur. | matkikaamme | älkäämme matkiko | 1st plur. | olkaamme matkineet | älkäämme olko matkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | matkikaa | älkää matkiko | 2nd plur. | olkaa matkineet | älkää olko matkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | matkikoot | älkööt matkiko | 3rd plur. | olkoot matkineet | älkööt olko matkineet | |
| passive | matkittakoon | älköön matkittako | passive | olkoon matkittu | älköön olko matkittu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | matkinen | en matkine | 1st sing. | lienen matkinut | en liene matkinut | |
| 2nd sing. | matkinet | et matkine | 2nd sing. | lienet matkinut | et liene matkinut | |
| 3rd sing. | matkinee | ei matkine | 3rd sing. | lienee matkinut | ei liene matkinut | |
| 1st plur. | matkinemme | emme matkine | 1st plur. | lienemme matkineet | emme liene matkineet | |
| 2nd plur. | matkinette | ette matkine | 2nd plur. | lienette matkineet | ette liene matkineet | |
| 3rd plur. | matkinevat | eivät matkine | 3rd plur. | lienevät matkineet | eivät liene matkineet | |
| passive | matkittaneen | ei matkittane | passive | lienee matkittu | ei liene matkittu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | matkia | present | matkiva | matkittava | ||
| long 1st2 | matkiakseen | past | matkinut | matkittu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | matkiessa | matkittaessa | agent1, 3 | matkima | |
| instructive | matkien | — | negative | matkimaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | matkimassa | — | 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 | matkimasta | — | ||||
| illative | matkimaan | — | ||||
| adessive | matkimalla | — | ||||
| abessive | matkimatta | — | ||||
| instructive | matkiman | matkittaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | matkiminen | ||||
| partitive | matkimista | |||||
| 5th2 | matkimaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to imitate) apinoida
Related terms
- matkija
Anagrams
- kaimat, maikat