selostaa
Finnish
(index se)
Etymology
From selko.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈse̞lo̞stɑːˣ]
- Hyphenation: se‧los‧taa
- Rhymes: -ostɑː
Verb
selostaa
- To explicate, explain.
- To cover, commentate (in radio or TV).
Conjugation
| Inflection of selostaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, no gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | selostan | en selosta | 1st sing. | olen selostanut | en ole selostanut | |
| 2nd sing. | selostat | et selosta | 2nd sing. | olet selostanut | et ole selostanut | |
| 3rd sing. | selostaa | ei selosta | 3rd sing. | on selostanut | ei ole selostanut | |
| 1st plur. | selostamme | emme selosta | 1st plur. | olemme selostaneet | emme ole selostaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | selostatte | ette selosta | 2nd plur. | olette selostaneet | ette ole selostaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | selostavat | eivät selosta | 3rd plur. | ovat selostaneet | eivät ole selostaneet | |
| passive | selostetaan | ei selosteta | passive | on selostettu | ei ole selostettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | selostin | en selostanut | 1st sing. | olin selostanut | en ollut selostanut | |
| 2nd sing. | selostit | et selostanut | 2nd sing. | olit selostanut | et ollut selostanut | |
| 3rd sing. | selosti | ei selostanut | 3rd sing. | oli selostanut | ei ollut selostanut | |
| 1st plur. | selostimme | emme selostaneet | 1st plur. | olimme selostaneet | emme olleet selostaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | selostitte | ette selostaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte selostaneet | ette olleet selostaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | selostivat | eivät selostaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat selostaneet | eivät olleet selostaneet | |
| passive | selostettiin | ei selostettu | passive | oli selostettu | ei ollut selostettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | selostaisin | en selostaisi | 1st sing. | olisin selostanut | en olisi selostanut | |
| 2nd sing. | selostaisit | et selostaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit selostanut | et olisi selostanut | |
| 3rd sing. | selostaisi | ei selostaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi selostanut | ei olisi selostanut | |
| 1st plur. | selostaisimme | emme selostaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme selostaneet | emme olisi selostaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | selostaisitte | ette selostaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte selostaneet | ette olisi selostaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | selostaisivat | eivät selostaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat selostaneet | eivät olisi selostaneet | |
| passive | selostettaisiin | ei selostettaisi | passive | olisi selostettu | ei olisi selostettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | selosta | älä selosta | 2nd sing. | ole selostanut | älä ole selostanut | |
| 3rd sing. | selostakoon | älköön selostako | 3rd sing. | olkoon selostanut | älköön olko selostanut | |
| 1st plur. | selostakaamme | älkäämme selostako | 1st plur. | olkaamme selostaneet | älkäämme olko selostaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | selostakaa | älkää selostako | 2nd plur. | olkaa selostaneet | älkää olko selostaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | selostakoot | älkööt selostako | 3rd plur. | olkoot selostaneet | älkööt olko selostaneet | |
| passive | selostettakoon | älköön selostettako | passive | olkoon selostettu | älköön olko selostettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | selostanen | en selostane | 1st sing. | lienen selostanut | en liene selostanut | |
| 2nd sing. | selostanet | et selostane | 2nd sing. | lienet selostanut | et liene selostanut | |
| 3rd sing. | selostanee | ei selostane | 3rd sing. | lienee selostanut | ei liene selostanut | |
| 1st plur. | selostanemme | emme selostane | 1st plur. | lienemme selostaneet | emme liene selostaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | selostanette | ette selostane | 2nd plur. | lienette selostaneet | ette liene selostaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | selostanevat | eivät selostane | 3rd plur. | lienevät selostaneet | eivät liene selostaneet | |
| passive | selostettaneen | ei selostettane | passive | lienee selostettu | ei liene selostettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | selostaa | present | selostava | selostettava | ||
| long 1st2 | selostaakseen | past | selostanut | selostettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | selostaessa | selostettaessa | agent1, 3 | selostama | |
| instructive | selostaen | — | negative | selostamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | selostamassa | — | 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 | selostamasta | — | ||||
| illative | selostamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | selostamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | selostamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | selostaman | selostettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | selostaminen | ||||
| partitive | selostamista | |||||
| 5th2 | selostamaisillaan | |||||
Derived terms
- selostaja
- seloste
- selostus
Anagrams
- oltaessa