romuttaa
Finnish
Etymology
romu + -ttaa
Verb
romuttaa(transitive)
- to scrap
- to wreck
- to debunk (to discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something)
- Maailmanympäripurjehdus romutti teorian Maan litteydestä.
- Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the Earth was flat.
- Maailmanympäripurjehdus romutti teorian Maan litteydestä.
Conjugation
| Inflection of romuttaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | romutan | en romuta | 1st sing. | olen romuttanut | en ole romuttanut | |
| 2nd sing. | romutat | et romuta | 2nd sing. | olet romuttanut | et ole romuttanut | |
| 3rd sing. | romuttaa | ei romuta | 3rd sing. | on romuttanut | ei ole romuttanut | |
| 1st plur. | romutamme | emme romuta | 1st plur. | olemme romuttaneet | emme ole romuttaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | romutatte | ette romuta | 2nd plur. | olette romuttaneet | ette ole romuttaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | romuttavat | eivät romuta | 3rd plur. | ovat romuttaneet | eivät ole romuttaneet | |
| passive | romutetaan | ei romuteta | passive | on romutettu | ei ole romutettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | romutin | en romuttanut | 1st sing. | olin romuttanut | en ollut romuttanut | |
| 2nd sing. | romutit | et romuttanut | 2nd sing. | olit romuttanut | et ollut romuttanut | |
| 3rd sing. | romutti | ei romuttanut | 3rd sing. | oli romuttanut | ei ollut romuttanut | |
| 1st plur. | romutimme | emme romuttaneet | 1st plur. | olimme romuttaneet | emme olleet romuttaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | romutitte | ette romuttaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte romuttaneet | ette olleet romuttaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | romuttivat | eivät romuttaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat romuttaneet | eivät olleet romuttaneet | |
| passive | romutettiin | ei romutettu | passive | oli romutettu | ei ollut romutettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | romuttaisin | en romuttaisi | 1st sing. | olisin romuttanut | en olisi romuttanut | |
| 2nd sing. | romuttaisit | et romuttaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit romuttanut | et olisi romuttanut | |
| 3rd sing. | romuttaisi | ei romuttaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi romuttanut | ei olisi romuttanut | |
| 1st plur. | romuttaisimme | emme romuttaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme romuttaneet | emme olisi romuttaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | romuttaisitte | ette romuttaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte romuttaneet | ette olisi romuttaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | romuttaisivat | eivät romuttaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat romuttaneet | eivät olisi romuttaneet | |
| passive | romutettaisiin | ei romutettaisi | passive | olisi romutettu | ei olisi romutettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | romuta | älä romuta | 2nd sing. | ole romuttanut | älä ole romuttanut | |
| 3rd sing. | romuttakoon | älköön romuttako | 3rd sing. | olkoon romuttanut | älköön olko romuttanut | |
| 1st plur. | romuttakaamme | älkäämme romuttako | 1st plur. | olkaamme romuttaneet | älkäämme olko romuttaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | romuttakaa | älkää romuttako | 2nd plur. | olkaa romuttaneet | älkää olko romuttaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | romuttakoot | älkööt romuttako | 3rd plur. | olkoot romuttaneet | älkööt olko romuttaneet | |
| passive | romutettakoon | älköön romutettako | passive | olkoon romutettu | älköön olko romutettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | romuttanen | en romuttane | 1st sing. | lienen romuttanut | en liene romuttanut | |
| 2nd sing. | romuttanet | et romuttane | 2nd sing. | lienet romuttanut | et liene romuttanut | |
| 3rd sing. | romuttanee | ei romuttane | 3rd sing. | lienee romuttanut | ei liene romuttanut | |
| 1st plur. | romuttanemme | emme romuttane | 1st plur. | lienemme romuttaneet | emme liene romuttaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | romuttanette | ette romuttane | 2nd plur. | lienette romuttaneet | ette liene romuttaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | romuttanevat | eivät romuttane | 3rd plur. | lienevät romuttaneet | eivät liene romuttaneet | |
| passive | romutettaneen | ei romutettane | passive | lienee romutettu | ei liene romutettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | romuttaa | present | romuttava | romutettava | ||
| long 1st2 | romuttaakseen | past | romuttanut | romutettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | romuttaessa | romutettaessa | agent1, 3 | romuttama | |
| instructive | romuttaen | — | negative | romuttamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | romuttamassa | — | 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 | romuttamasta | — | ||||
| illative | romuttamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | romuttamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | romuttamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | romuttaman | romutettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | romuttaminen | ||||
| partitive | romuttamista | |||||
| 5th2 | romuttamaisillaan | |||||