ponnistaa
Finnish
(index po)
Etymology
From ponsi + -staa.
Verb
ponnistaa
- (intransitive) To push; to bear down.
- (intransitive) To push off, leap, jump.
- (intransitive) To try hard, make a massive/great/supreme effort, put one's back into it: to struggle, strive.
Conjugation
| Inflection of ponnistaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ponnistan | en ponnista | 1st sing. | olen ponnistanut | en ole ponnistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ponnistat | et ponnista | 2nd sing. | olet ponnistanut | et ole ponnistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ponnistaa | ei ponnista | 3rd sing. | on ponnistanut | ei ole ponnistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ponnistamme | emme ponnista | 1st plur. | olemme ponnistaneet | emme ole ponnistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ponnistatte | ette ponnista | 2nd plur. | olette ponnistaneet | ette ole ponnistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ponnistavat | eivät ponnista | 3rd plur. | ovat ponnistaneet | eivät ole ponnistaneet | |
| passive | ponnistetaan | ei ponnisteta | passive | on ponnistettu | ei ole ponnistettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ponnistin | en ponnistanut | 1st sing. | olin ponnistanut | en ollut ponnistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ponnistit | et ponnistanut | 2nd sing. | olit ponnistanut | et ollut ponnistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ponnisti | ei ponnistanut | 3rd sing. | oli ponnistanut | ei ollut ponnistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ponnistimme | emme ponnistaneet | 1st plur. | olimme ponnistaneet | emme olleet ponnistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ponnistitte | ette ponnistaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte ponnistaneet | ette olleet ponnistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ponnistivat | eivät ponnistaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat ponnistaneet | eivät olleet ponnistaneet | |
| passive | ponnistettiin | ei ponnistettu | passive | oli ponnistettu | ei ollut ponnistettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ponnistaisin | en ponnistaisi | 1st sing. | olisin ponnistanut | en olisi ponnistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ponnistaisit | et ponnistaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit ponnistanut | et olisi ponnistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ponnistaisi | ei ponnistaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi ponnistanut | ei olisi ponnistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ponnistaisimme | emme ponnistaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme ponnistaneet | emme olisi ponnistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ponnistaisitte | ette ponnistaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte ponnistaneet | ette olisi ponnistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ponnistaisivat | eivät ponnistaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat ponnistaneet | eivät olisi ponnistaneet | |
| passive | ponnistettaisiin | ei ponnistettaisi | passive | olisi ponnistettu | ei olisi ponnistettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | ponnista | älä ponnista | 2nd sing. | ole ponnistanut | älä ole ponnistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ponnistakoon | älköön ponnistako | 3rd sing. | olkoon ponnistanut | älköön olko ponnistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ponnistakaamme | älkäämme ponnistako | 1st plur. | olkaamme ponnistaneet | älkäämme olko ponnistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ponnistakaa | älkää ponnistako | 2nd plur. | olkaa ponnistaneet | älkää olko ponnistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ponnistakoot | älkööt ponnistako | 3rd plur. | olkoot ponnistaneet | älkööt olko ponnistaneet | |
| passive | ponnistettakoon | älköön ponnistettako | passive | olkoon ponnistettu | älköön olko ponnistettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | ponnistanen | en ponnistane | 1st sing. | lienen ponnistanut | en liene ponnistanut | |
| 2nd sing. | ponnistanet | et ponnistane | 2nd sing. | lienet ponnistanut | et liene ponnistanut | |
| 3rd sing. | ponnistanee | ei ponnistane | 3rd sing. | lienee ponnistanut | ei liene ponnistanut | |
| 1st plur. | ponnistanemme | emme ponnistane | 1st plur. | lienemme ponnistaneet | emme liene ponnistaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | ponnistanette | ette ponnistane | 2nd plur. | lienette ponnistaneet | ette liene ponnistaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | ponnistanevat | eivät ponnistane | 3rd plur. | lienevät ponnistaneet | eivät liene ponnistaneet | |
| passive | ponnistettaneen | ei ponnistettane | passive | lienee ponnistettu | ei liene ponnistettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | ponnistaa | present | ponnistava | ponnistettava | ||
| long 1st2 | ponnistaakseen | past | ponnistanut | ponnistettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | ponnistaessa | ponnistettaessa | agent1, 3 | ponnistama | |
| instructive | ponnistaen | — | negative | ponnistamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | ponnistamassa | — | 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 | ponnistamasta | — | ||||
| illative | ponnistamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | ponnistamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | ponnistamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | ponnistaman | ponnistettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | ponnistaminen | ||||
| partitive | ponnistamista | |||||
| 5th2 | ponnistamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to struggle, strive) kilvoitella
Derived terms
- nouns: ponnistus
- verbs: frequentative ponnistella
See also
- ponteva
Anagrams
- spontaani