odottaa
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic [Term?], from Proto-Finno-Permic *oća-. Akin to Estonian ootama, Karelian vuottua, Livonian vȯ’dlõ, Ludian vuotada, Votic oottaa, Erzya [script needed] (utšoms) and Eastern Mari [script needed] (wut́śem).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈodotːɑːˣ/, [ˈo̞do̞t̪ːɑː(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: o‧dot‧taa
Verb
odottaa
- (transitive + partitive) to wait for, await, expect, anticipate
- Hän odottaa sinua.
- She is waiting for you.
- ~ innolla, mielenkiinnolla, jännityksellä etc. (+ partitive) = to look forward to (to anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure)
- Hän odottaa sinua.
- (transitive) to expect, to anticipate (someone = genitive, to do something = active present participle singular in genitive, -van/-vän)
- Hän odotti heidän tulevan.
- She expected them to come.
- Hän odotti heidän tulevan.
- (transitive + partitive) to be expecting, be pregnant
- Hän odottaa poikaa.
- She is expecting a boy.
- Hän odottaa poikaa.
Conjugation
| Inflection of odottaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | odotan | en odota | 1st sing. | olen odottanut | en ole odottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | odotat | et odota | 2nd sing. | olet odottanut | et ole odottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | odottaa | ei odota | 3rd sing. | on odottanut | ei ole odottanut | |
| 1st plur. | odotamme | emme odota | 1st plur. | olemme odottaneet | emme ole odottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | odotatte | ette odota | 2nd plur. | olette odottaneet | ette ole odottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | odottavat | eivät odota | 3rd plur. | ovat odottaneet | eivät ole odottaneet | |
| passive | odotetaan | ei odoteta | passive | on odotettu | ei ole odotettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | odotin | en odottanut | 1st sing. | olin odottanut | en ollut odottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | odotit | et odottanut | 2nd sing. | olit odottanut | et ollut odottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | odotti | ei odottanut | 3rd sing. | oli odottanut | ei ollut odottanut | |
| 1st plur. | odotimme | emme odottaneet | 1st plur. | olimme odottaneet | emme olleet odottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | odotitte | ette odottaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte odottaneet | ette olleet odottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | odottivat | eivät odottaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat odottaneet | eivät olleet odottaneet | |
| passive | odotettiin | ei odotettu | passive | oli odotettu | ei ollut odotettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | odottaisin | en odottaisi | 1st sing. | olisin odottanut | en olisi odottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | odottaisit | et odottaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit odottanut | et olisi odottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | odottaisi | ei odottaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi odottanut | ei olisi odottanut | |
| 1st plur. | odottaisimme | emme odottaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme odottaneet | emme olisi odottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | odottaisitte | ette odottaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte odottaneet | ette olisi odottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | odottaisivat | eivät odottaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat odottaneet | eivät olisi odottaneet | |
| passive | odotettaisiin | ei odotettaisi | passive | olisi odotettu | ei olisi odotettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | odota | älä odota | 2nd sing. | ole odottanut | älä ole odottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | odottakoon | älköön odottako | 3rd sing. | olkoon odottanut | älköön olko odottanut | |
| 1st plur. | odottakaamme | älkäämme odottako | 1st plur. | olkaamme odottaneet | älkäämme olko odottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | odottakaa | älkää odottako | 2nd plur. | olkaa odottaneet | älkää olko odottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | odottakoot | älkööt odottako | 3rd plur. | olkoot odottaneet | älkööt olko odottaneet | |
| passive | odotettakoon | älköön odotettako | passive | olkoon odotettu | älköön olko odotettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | odottanen | en odottane | 1st sing. | lienen odottanut | en liene odottanut | |
| 2nd sing. | odottanet | et odottane | 2nd sing. | lienet odottanut | et liene odottanut | |
| 3rd sing. | odottanee | ei odottane | 3rd sing. | lienee odottanut | ei liene odottanut | |
| 1st plur. | odottanemme | emme odottane | 1st plur. | lienemme odottaneet | emme liene odottaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | odottanette | ette odottane | 2nd plur. | lienette odottaneet | ette liene odottaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | odottanevat | eivät odottane | 3rd plur. | lienevät odottaneet | eivät liene odottaneet | |
| passive | odotettaneen | ei odotettane | passive | lienee odotettu | ei liene odotettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | odottaa | present | odottava | odotettava | ||
| long 1st2 | odottaakseen | past | odottanut | odotettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | odottaessa | odotettaessa | agent1, 3 | odottama | |
| instructive | odottaen | — | negative | odottamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | odottamassa | — | 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 | odottamasta | — | ||||
| illative | odottamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | odottamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | odottamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | odottaman | odotettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | odottaminen | ||||
| partitive | odottamista | |||||
| 5th2 | odottamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- adjectives: odottava
- nouns: odote, odottaja, odotus
- verbs: frequentative odotella, factitive odotuttaa