nujertaa
Finnish
Etymology
From nuj- + -ertaa. Compare nujakka.
Verb
nujertaa (transitive)
- to break (to cause a person or animal to lose his/her/its will, often obtained by means of torture)
- Amerikka on käyttänyt monia kidutuskeinoja nujertaakseen sotavankinsa.
- America has used many forms of torture to break their prisoners of war.
- Amerikka on käyttänyt monia kidutuskeinoja nujertaakseen sotavankinsa.
- to crush, subdue (to overcome completely)
- to discourage (to take away the courage of)
- to stymie, thwart, stump (to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck)
Conjugation
| Inflection of nujertaa (Kotus type 54/huutaa, rt-rr gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nujerran | en nujerra | 1st sing. | olen nujertanut | en ole nujertanut | |
| 2nd sing. | nujerrat | et nujerra | 2nd sing. | olet nujertanut | et ole nujertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nujertaa | ei nujerra | 3rd sing. | on nujertanut | ei ole nujertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nujerramme | emme nujerra | 1st plur. | olemme nujertaneet | emme ole nujertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nujerratte | ette nujerra | 2nd plur. | olette nujertaneet | ette ole nujertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nujertavat | eivät nujerra | 3rd plur. | ovat nujertaneet | eivät ole nujertaneet | |
| passive | nujerretaan | ei nujerreta | passive | on nujerrettu | ei ole nujerrettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nujersin | en nujertanut | 1st sing. | olin nujertanut | en ollut nujertanut | |
| 2nd sing. | nujersit | et nujertanut | 2nd sing. | olit nujertanut | et ollut nujertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nujersi | ei nujertanut | 3rd sing. | oli nujertanut | ei ollut nujertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nujersimme | emme nujertaneet | 1st plur. | olimme nujertaneet | emme olleet nujertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nujersitte | ette nujertaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte nujertaneet | ette olleet nujertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nujersivat | eivät nujertaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat nujertaneet | eivät olleet nujertaneet | |
| passive | nujerrettiin | ei nujerrettu | passive | oli nujerrettu | ei ollut nujerrettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nujertaisin | en nujertaisi | 1st sing. | olisin nujertanut | en olisi nujertanut | |
| 2nd sing. | nujertaisit | et nujertaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit nujertanut | et olisi nujertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nujertaisi | ei nujertaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi nujertanut | ei olisi nujertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nujertaisimme | emme nujertaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme nujertaneet | emme olisi nujertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nujertaisitte | ette nujertaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte nujertaneet | ette olisi nujertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nujertaisivat | eivät nujertaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat nujertaneet | eivät olisi nujertaneet | |
| passive | nujerrettaisiin | ei nujerrettaisi | passive | olisi nujerrettu | ei olisi nujerrettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | nujerra | älä nujerra | 2nd sing. | ole nujertanut | älä ole nujertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nujertakoon | älköön nujertako | 3rd sing. | olkoon nujertanut | älköön olko nujertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nujertakaamme | älkäämme nujertako | 1st plur. | olkaamme nujertaneet | älkäämme olko nujertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nujertakaa | älkää nujertako | 2nd plur. | olkaa nujertaneet | älkää olko nujertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nujertakoot | älkööt nujertako | 3rd plur. | olkoot nujertaneet | älkööt olko nujertaneet | |
| passive | nujerrettakoon | älköön nujerrettako | passive | olkoon nujerrettu | älköön olko nujerrettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nujertanen | en nujertane | 1st sing. | lienen nujertanut | en liene nujertanut | |
| 2nd sing. | nujertanet | et nujertane | 2nd sing. | lienet nujertanut | et liene nujertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nujertanee | ei nujertane | 3rd sing. | lienee nujertanut | ei liene nujertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nujertanemme | emme nujertane | 1st plur. | lienemme nujertaneet | emme liene nujertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nujertanette | ette nujertane | 2nd plur. | lienette nujertaneet | ette liene nujertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nujertanevat | eivät nujertane | 3rd plur. | lienevät nujertaneet | eivät liene nujertaneet | |
| passive | nujerrettaneen | ei nujerrettane | passive | lienee nujerrettu | ei liene nujerrettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | nujertaa | present | nujertava | nujerrettava | ||
| long 1st2 | nujertaakseen | past | nujertanut | nujerrettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | nujertaessa | nujerrettaessa | agent1, 3 | nujertama | |
| instructive | nujertaen | — | negative | nujertamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | nujertamassa | — | 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 | nujertamasta | — | ||||
| illative | nujertamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | nujertamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | nujertamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | nujertaman | nujerrettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | nujertaminen | ||||
| partitive | nujertamista | |||||
| 5th2 | nujertamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to break): murtaa (jonkun) tahto
- (to discourage): lannistaa