sopeutua
Finnish
Etymology
Probably sopia + -utua; the -iU- > -eU- change can also be seen in other verbs derived using the -utua suffix, such as keskeytyä.
Verb
sopeutua
- (intransitive) to adapt (to change oneself so as to be adapted)
- Ne eivät sopeutuneet uuteen ilmastoon ja hävisivät.
- They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
- Ne eivät sopeutuneet uuteen ilmastoon ja hävisivät.
Conjugation
| Inflection of sopeutua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, t-d gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sopeudun | en sopeudu | 1st sing. | olen sopeutunut | en ole sopeutunut | |
| 2nd sing. | sopeudut | et sopeudu | 2nd sing. | olet sopeutunut | et ole sopeutunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopeutuu | ei sopeudu | 3rd sing. | on sopeutunut | ei ole sopeutunut | |
| 1st plur. | sopeudumme | emme sopeudu | 1st plur. | olemme sopeutuneet | emme ole sopeutuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sopeudutte | ette sopeudu | 2nd plur. | olette sopeutuneet | ette ole sopeutuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopeutuvat | eivät sopeudu | 3rd plur. | ovat sopeutuneet | eivät ole sopeutuneet | |
| passive | sopeudutaan | ei sopeuduta | passive | on sopeuduttu | ei ole sopeuduttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sopeuduin | en sopeutunut | 1st sing. | olin sopeutunut | en ollut sopeutunut | |
| 2nd sing. | sopeuduit | et sopeutunut | 2nd sing. | olit sopeutunut | et ollut sopeutunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopeutui | ei sopeutunut | 3rd sing. | oli sopeutunut | ei ollut sopeutunut | |
| 1st plur. | sopeuduimme | emme sopeutuneet | 1st plur. | olimme sopeutuneet | emme olleet sopeutuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sopeuduitte | ette sopeutuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte sopeutuneet | ette olleet sopeutuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopeutuivat | eivät sopeutuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat sopeutuneet | eivät olleet sopeutuneet | |
| passive | sopeuduttiin | ei sopeuduttu | passive | oli sopeuduttu | ei ollut sopeuduttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sopeutuisin | en sopeutuisi | 1st sing. | olisin sopeutunut | en olisi sopeutunut | |
| 2nd sing. | sopeutuisit | et sopeutuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sopeutunut | et olisi sopeutunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopeutuisi | ei sopeutuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sopeutunut | ei olisi sopeutunut | |
| 1st plur. | sopeutuisimme | emme sopeutuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sopeutuneet | emme olisi sopeutuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sopeutuisitte | ette sopeutuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sopeutuneet | ette olisi sopeutuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopeutuisivat | eivät sopeutuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sopeutuneet | eivät olisi sopeutuneet | |
| passive | sopeuduttaisiin | ei sopeuduttaisi | passive | olisi sopeuduttu | ei olisi sopeuduttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sopeudu | älä sopeudu | 2nd sing. | ole sopeutunut | älä ole sopeutunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopeutukoon | älköön sopeutuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon sopeutunut | älköön olko sopeutunut | |
| 1st plur. | sopeutukaamme | älkäämme sopeutuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme sopeutuneet | älkäämme olko sopeutuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sopeutukaa | älkää sopeutuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa sopeutuneet | älkää olko sopeutuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopeutukoot | älkööt sopeutuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot sopeutuneet | älkööt olko sopeutuneet | |
| passive | sopeuduttakoon | älköön sopeuduttako | passive | olkoon sopeuduttu | älköön olko sopeuduttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sopeutunen | en sopeutune | 1st sing. | lienen sopeutunut | en liene sopeutunut | |
| 2nd sing. | sopeutunet | et sopeutune | 2nd sing. | lienet sopeutunut | et liene sopeutunut | |
| 3rd sing. | sopeutunee | ei sopeutune | 3rd sing. | lienee sopeutunut | ei liene sopeutunut | |
| 1st plur. | sopeutunemme | emme sopeutune | 1st plur. | lienemme sopeutuneet | emme liene sopeutuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sopeutunette | ette sopeutune | 2nd plur. | lienette sopeutuneet | ette liene sopeutuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sopeutunevat | eivät sopeutune | 3rd plur. | lienevät sopeutuneet | eivät liene sopeutuneet | |
| passive | sopeuduttaneen | ei sopeuduttane | passive | lienee sopeuduttu | ei liene sopeuduttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sopeutua | present | sopeutuva | sopeuduttava | ||
| long 1st2 | sopeutuakseen | past | sopeutunut | sopeuduttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sopeutuessa | sopeuduttaessa | agent1, 3 | sopeutuma | |
| instructive | sopeutuen | — | negative | sopeutumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sopeutumassa | — | 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 | sopeutumasta | — | ||||
| illative | sopeutumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sopeutumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sopeutumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sopeutuman | sopeuduttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sopeutuminen | ||||
| partitive | sopeutumista | |||||
| 5th2 | sopeutumaisillaan | |||||