ojentaa
Finnish
Etymology 1
oikea + -ntaa.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈojentɑːˣ/, [ˈo̞je̞n̪t̪ɑː(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ojentɑː
- Syllabification(key): o‧jen‧taa
Verb
ojentaa (transitive)
- to reach out; usually with käsi (“hand”) (to extend one's hand(s) forward)
- Hän ojensi kätensä ottaakseen kiinni putoavan lumihiutaleen.
- He reached out to catch the falling snowflake.
- to stretch out, reach (to fully extend a part of the body)
- Ojenna käsivartesi pääsi yläpuolelle.
- Stretch your arms out above your head.
- to extend, project, jut, jut out (to extend a protrusion or appendage outward)
- ojentaa kätensä ― to extend one's arm
- to reach, hand out (to give by stretching out)
- Tehtäväni oli ojentaa esitteitä ohikulkijoille.
- My job was to hand out brochures to the passers-by.
- to hand, give, reach, pass (to give, pass or transmit with the hand)
- Ojentaisitko tämän laatikon tikapuilla olevalle miehelle?
- Can you pass up this box to the guy on the ladder?
- to present, bestow (to present a thing as a gift or honour)
- ojentaa palkinto ― to present a prize
- to lend, in the expressions lend a hand, lend a helping hand
- ojentaa auttava käsi
- to lend a helping hand
- to reprimand, lambaste, chastise, berate, scold, tell off, chew out (to criticize harshly)
- Kersantti ojensi alokkaita päivittäin.
- The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.
- to chastise (to punish with corporal punishment)
- Synonyms: kurittaa, rangaista ruumiillisesti
- (military) more commonly laittaa ojennukseen, to dress (to arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers)
Conjugation
Inflection of ojentaa (Kotus type 54*J/huutaa, nt-nn gradation) | ||||||
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indicative mood | ||||||
present tense | perfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | ojennan | en ojenna | 1st sing. | olen ojentanut | en ole ojentanut | |
2nd sing. | ojennat | et ojenna | 2nd sing. | olet ojentanut | et ole ojentanut | |
3rd sing. | ojentaa | ei ojenna | 3rd sing. | on ojentanut | ei ole ojentanut | |
1st plur. | ojennamme | emme ojenna | 1st plur. | olemme ojentaneet | emme ole ojentaneet | |
2nd plur. | ojennatte | ette ojenna | 2nd plur. | olette ojentaneet | ette ole ojentaneet | |
3rd plur. | ojentavat | eivät ojenna | 3rd plur. | ovat ojentaneet | eivät ole ojentaneet | |
passive | ojennetaan | ei ojenneta | passive | on ojennettu | ei ole ojennettu | |
past tense | pluperfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | ojensin | en ojentanut | 1st sing. | olin ojentanut | en ollut ojentanut | |
2nd sing. | ojensit | et ojentanut | 2nd sing. | olit ojentanut | et ollut ojentanut | |
3rd sing. | ojensi | ei ojentanut | 3rd sing. | oli ojentanut | ei ollut ojentanut | |
1st plur. | ojensimme | emme ojentaneet | 1st plur. | olimme ojentaneet | emme olleet ojentaneet | |
2nd plur. | ojensitte | ette ojentaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte ojentaneet | ette olleet ojentaneet | |
3rd plur. | ojensivat | eivät ojentaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat ojentaneet | eivät olleet ojentaneet | |
passive | ojennettiin | ei ojennettu | passive | oli ojennettu | ei ollut ojennettu | |
conditional mood | ||||||
present | perfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | ojentaisin | en ojentaisi | 1st sing. | olisin ojentanut | en olisi ojentanut | |
2nd sing. | ojentaisit | et ojentaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit ojentanut | et olisi ojentanut | |
3rd sing. | ojentaisi | ei ojentaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi ojentanut | ei olisi ojentanut | |
1st plur. | ojentaisimme | emme ojentaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme ojentaneet | emme olisi ojentaneet | |
2nd plur. | ojentaisitte | ette ojentaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte ojentaneet | ette olisi ojentaneet | |
3rd plur. | ojentaisivat | eivät ojentaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat ojentaneet | eivät olisi ojentaneet | |
passive | ojennettaisiin | ei ojennettaisi | passive | olisi ojennettu | ei olisi ojennettu | |
imperative mood | ||||||
present | perfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
2nd sing. | ojenna | älä ojenna | 2nd sing. | ole ojentanut | älä ole ojentanut | |
3rd sing. | ojentakoon | älköön ojentako | 3rd sing. | olkoon ojentanut | älköön olko ojentanut | |
1st plur. | ojentakaamme | älkäämme ojentako | 1st plur. | olkaamme ojentaneet | älkäämme olko ojentaneet | |
2nd plur. | ojentakaa | älkää ojentako | 2nd plur. | olkaa ojentaneet | älkää olko ojentaneet | |
3rd plur. | ojentakoot | älkööt ojentako | 3rd plur. | olkoot ojentaneet | älkööt olko ojentaneet | |
passive | ojennettakoon | älköön ojennettako | passive | olkoon ojennettu | älköön olko ojennettu | |
potential mood | ||||||
present | perfect | |||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
1st sing. | ojentanen | en ojentane | 1st sing. | lienen ojentanut | en liene ojentanut | |
2nd sing. | ojentanet | et ojentane | 2nd sing. | lienet ojentanut | et liene ojentanut | |
3rd sing. | ojentanee | ei ojentane | 3rd sing. | lienee ojentanut | ei liene ojentanut | |
1st plur. | ojentanemme | emme ojentane | 1st plur. | lienemme ojentaneet | emme liene ojentaneet | |
2nd plur. | ojentanette | ette ojentane | 2nd plur. | lienette ojentaneet | ette liene ojentaneet | |
3rd plur. | ojentanevat | eivät ojentane | 3rd plur. | lienevät ojentaneet | eivät liene ojentaneet | |
passive | ojennettaneen | ei ojennettane | passive | lienee ojennettu | ei liene ojennettu | |
Nominal forms | ||||||
infinitives | participles | |||||
active | passive | active | passive | |||
1st | ojentaa | present | ojentava | ojennettava | ||
long 1st2 | ojentaakseen | past | ojentanut | ojennettu | ||
2nd | inessive1 | ojentaessa | ojennettaessa | agent1, 3 | ojentama | |
instructive | ojentaen | — | negative | ojentamaton | ||
3rd | inessive | ojentamassa | — | 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 | ojentamasta | — | ||||
illative | ojentamaan | — | ||||
adessive | ojentamalla | — | ||||
abessive | ojentamatta | — | ||||
instructive | ojentaman | ojennettaman | ||||
4th | nominative | ojentaminen | ||||
partitive | ojentamista | |||||
5th2 | ojentamaisillaan |
Synonyms
- (lend a helping hand): auttaa
Derived terms
- ojennella
- ojennus
- ojentaja
- ojentautua
- ojentua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈojentɑː/, [ˈo̞je̞n̪t̪ɑː]
- Rhymes: -ojentɑː
- Syllabification(key): o‧jen‧taa
Verb
ojentaa
- third-person singular present indicative of ojentaa
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN