petrata
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish bättra (“to improve”)
Verb
petrata
- (colloquial, transitive) to better, to improve
Conjugation
| Inflection of petrata (Kotus type 73/salata, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | petraan | en petraa | 1st sing. | olen petrannut | en ole petrannut | |
| 2nd sing. | petraat | et petraa | 2nd sing. | olet petrannut | et ole petrannut | |
| 3rd sing. | petraa | ei petraa | 3rd sing. | on petrannut | ei ole petrannut | |
| 1st plur. | petraamme | emme petraa | 1st plur. | olemme petranneet | emme ole petranneet | |
| 2nd plur. | petraatte | ette petraa | 2nd plur. | olette petranneet | ette ole petranneet | |
| 3rd plur. | petraavat | eivät petraa | 3rd plur. | ovat petranneet | eivät ole petranneet | |
| passive | petrataan | ei petrata | passive | on petrattu | ei ole petrattu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | petrasin | en petrannut | 1st sing. | olin petrannut | en ollut petrannut | |
| 2nd sing. | petrasit | et petrannut | 2nd sing. | olit petrannut | et ollut petrannut | |
| 3rd sing. | petrasi | ei petrannut | 3rd sing. | oli petrannut | ei ollut petrannut | |
| 1st plur. | petrasimme | emme petranneet | 1st plur. | olimme petranneet | emme olleet petranneet | |
| 2nd plur. | petrasitte | ette petranneet | 2nd plur. | olitte petranneet | ette olleet petranneet | |
| 3rd plur. | petrasivat | eivät petranneet | 3rd plur. | olivat petranneet | eivät olleet petranneet | |
| passive | petrattiin | ei petrattu | passive | oli petrattu | ei ollut petrattu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | petraisin | en petraisi | 1st sing. | olisin petrannut | en olisi petrannut | |
| 2nd sing. | petraisit | et petraisi | 2nd sing. | olisit petrannut | et olisi petrannut | |
| 3rd sing. | petraisi | ei petraisi | 3rd sing. | olisi petrannut | ei olisi petrannut | |
| 1st plur. | petraisimme | emme petraisi | 1st plur. | olisimme petranneet | emme olisi petranneet | |
| 2nd plur. | petraisitte | ette petraisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte petranneet | ette olisi petranneet | |
| 3rd plur. | petraisivat | eivät petraisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat petranneet | eivät olisi petranneet | |
| passive | petrattaisiin | ei petrattaisi | passive | olisi petrattu | ei olisi petrattu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | petraa | älä petraa | 2nd sing. | ole petrannut | älä ole petrannut | |
| 3rd sing. | petratkoon | älköön petratko | 3rd sing. | olkoon petrannut | älköön olko petrannut | |
| 1st plur. | petratkaamme | älkäämme petratko | 1st plur. | olkaamme petranneet | älkäämme olko petranneet | |
| 2nd plur. | petratkaa | älkää petratko | 2nd plur. | olkaa petranneet | älkää olko petranneet | |
| 3rd plur. | petratkoot | älkööt petratko | 3rd plur. | olkoot petranneet | älkööt olko petranneet | |
| passive | petrattakoon | älköön petrattako | passive | olkoon petrattu | älköön olko petrattu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | petrannen | en petranne | 1st sing. | lienen petrannut | en liene petrannut | |
| 2nd sing. | petrannet | et petranne | 2nd sing. | lienet petrannut | et liene petrannut | |
| 3rd sing. | petrannee | ei petranne | 3rd sing. | lienee petrannut | ei liene petrannut | |
| 1st plur. | petrannemme | emme petranne | 1st plur. | lienemme petranneet | emme liene petranneet | |
| 2nd plur. | petrannette | ette petranne | 2nd plur. | lienette petranneet | ette liene petranneet | |
| 3rd plur. | petrannevat | eivät petranne | 3rd plur. | lienevät petranneet | eivät liene petranneet | |
| passive | petrattaneen | ei petrattane | passive | lienee petrattu | ei liene petrattu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | petrata | present | petraava | petrattava | ||
| long 1st2 | petratakseen | past | petrannut | petrattu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | petratessa | petrattaessa | agent1, 3 | petraama | |
| instructive | petraten | — | negative | petraamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | petraamassa | — | 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 | petraamasta | — | ||||
| illative | petraamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | petraamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | petraamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | petraaman | petrattaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | petraaminen | ||||
| partitive | petraamista | |||||
| 5th2 | petraamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- parantaa