sulattaa
Finnish
Etymology
sulaa (“to melt, thaw”) + -ttaa (causative verb)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsulɑtːɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠ulɑt̪ːɑː(ʔ)]
- Rhymes: -ulɑtːɑː
- Syllabification(key): su‧lat‧taa
Verb
sulattaa (transitive)
- to melt (to cause something to melt)
- to smelt (to produce metal from ore in a process that involves melting and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal)
- to thaw, defrost
- to digest (to separate food in the alimentary canal)
- (by extension) to digest (to think over and arrange methodically in the mind)
- (by extension) to put up with, tolerate (to suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying)
- Tuollaista englantia minä en sulata.
- This is the sort of English up with which I will not put. (quote often attributed to Winston Churchill)
- Tuollaista englantia minä en sulata.
Conjugation
| Inflection of sulattaa (Kotus type 53*C/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sulatan | en sulata | 1st sing. | olen sulattanut | en ole sulattanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sulatat | et sulata | 2nd sing. | olet sulattanut | et ole sulattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulattaa | ei sulata | 3rd sing. | on sulattanut | ei ole sulattanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulatamme | emme sulata | 1st plur. | olemme sulattaneet | emme ole sulattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulatatte | ette sulata | 2nd plur. | olette sulattaneet | ette ole sulattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulattavat | eivät sulata | 3rd plur. | ovat sulattaneet | eivät ole sulattaneet | |
| passive | sulatetaan | ei sulateta | passive | on sulatettu | ei ole sulatettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sulatin | en sulattanut | 1st sing. | olin sulattanut | en ollut sulattanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sulatit | et sulattanut | 2nd sing. | olit sulattanut | et ollut sulattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulatti | ei sulattanut | 3rd sing. | oli sulattanut | ei ollut sulattanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulatimme | emme sulattaneet | 1st plur. | olimme sulattaneet | emme olleet sulattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulatitte | ette sulattaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte sulattaneet | ette olleet sulattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulattivat | eivät sulattaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat sulattaneet | eivät olleet sulattaneet | |
| passive | sulatettiin | ei sulatettu | passive | oli sulatettu | ei ollut sulatettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sulattaisin | en sulattaisi | 1st sing. | olisin sulattanut | en olisi sulattanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sulattaisit | et sulattaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit sulattanut | et olisi sulattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulattaisi | ei sulattaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi sulattanut | ei olisi sulattanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulattaisimme | emme sulattaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme sulattaneet | emme olisi sulattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulattaisitte | ette sulattaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte sulattaneet | ette olisi sulattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulattaisivat | eivät sulattaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat sulattaneet | eivät olisi sulattaneet | |
| passive | sulatettaisiin | ei sulatettaisi | passive | olisi sulatettu | ei olisi sulatettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | sulata | älä sulata | 2nd sing. | ole sulattanut | älä ole sulattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulattakoon | älköön sulattako | 3rd sing. | olkoon sulattanut | älköön olko sulattanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulattakaamme | älkäämme sulattako | 1st plur. | olkaamme sulattaneet | älkäämme olko sulattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulattakaa | älkää sulattako | 2nd plur. | olkaa sulattaneet | älkää olko sulattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulattakoot | älkööt sulattako | 3rd plur. | olkoot sulattaneet | älkööt olko sulattaneet | |
| passive | sulatettakoon | älköön sulatettako | passive | olkoon sulatettu | älköön olko sulatettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | sulattanen | en sulattane | 1st sing. | lienen sulattanut | en liene sulattanut | |
| 2nd sing. | sulattanet | et sulattane | 2nd sing. | lienet sulattanut | et liene sulattanut | |
| 3rd sing. | sulattanee | ei sulattane | 3rd sing. | lienee sulattanut | ei liene sulattanut | |
| 1st plur. | sulattanemme | emme sulattane | 1st plur. | lienemme sulattaneet | emme liene sulattaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | sulattanette | ette sulattane | 2nd plur. | lienette sulattaneet | ette liene sulattaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | sulattanevat | eivät sulattane | 3rd plur. | lienevät sulattaneet | eivät liene sulattaneet | |
| passive | sulatettaneen | ei sulatettane | passive | lienee sulatettu | ei liene sulatettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | sulattaa | present | sulattava | sulatettava | ||
| long 1st2 | sulattaakseen | past | sulattanut | sulatettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | sulattaessa | sulatettaessa | agent1, 3 | sulattama | |
| instructive | sulattaen | — | negative | sulattamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | sulattamassa | — | 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 | sulattamasta | — | ||||
| illative | sulattamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | sulattamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | sulattamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | sulattaman | sulatettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | sulattaminen | ||||
| partitive | sulattamista | |||||
| 5th2 | sulattamaisillaan | |||||
Anagrams
- lautasta