valittaa
See also: välittää
Finnish
(index va)
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from Old Norse vála, compare Icelandic vola.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: va‧lit‧taa
- Rhymes: alittaa
- IPA(key): /ˈvɑlitːɑː(ʔ)/
Verb
valittaa
- (intransitive) To moan, groan. (make a noise in response to a painful experience)
- (intransitive, + elative) To complain about, grouse about, gripe about, whine about (orally or in writing)
- (intransitive, law) To appeal (a decision = elative, to a higher instance = illative).
- Mies valitti Helsingin käräjäoikeuden tuomiosta Helsingin hovioikeuteen.
- The man appealed the sentence of the Helsinki District Court to the Helsinki Court of Appeal.
- Mies valitti Helsingin käräjäoikeuden tuomiosta Helsingin hovioikeuteen.
- (transitive, + partitive) To apologize for, make one's apologies, be sorry, deplore, regret.
Conjugation
| Inflection of valittaa (Kotus type 53/muistaa, tt-t gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valitan | en valita | 1st sing. | olen valittanut | en ole valittanut | |
| 2nd sing. | valitat | et valita | 2nd sing. | olet valittanut | et ole valittanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valittaa | ei valita | 3rd sing. | on valittanut | ei ole valittanut | |
| 1st plur. | valitamme | emme valita | 1st plur. | olemme valittaneet | emme ole valittaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valitatte | ette valita | 2nd plur. | olette valittaneet | ette ole valittaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valittavat | eivät valita | 3rd plur. | ovat valittaneet | eivät ole valittaneet | |
| passive | valitetaan | ei valiteta | passive | on valitettu | ei ole valitettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valitin | en valittanut | 1st sing. | olin valittanut | en ollut valittanut | |
| 2nd sing. | valitit | et valittanut | 2nd sing. | olit valittanut | et ollut valittanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valitti | ei valittanut | 3rd sing. | oli valittanut | ei ollut valittanut | |
| 1st plur. | valitimme | emme valittaneet | 1st plur. | olimme valittaneet | emme olleet valittaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valititte | ette valittaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte valittaneet | ette olleet valittaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valittivat | eivät valittaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat valittaneet | eivät olleet valittaneet | |
| passive | valitettiin | ei valitettu | passive | oli valitettu | ei ollut valitettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valittaisin | en valittaisi | 1st sing. | olisin valittanut | en olisi valittanut | |
| 2nd sing. | valittaisit | et valittaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit valittanut | et olisi valittanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valittaisi | ei valittaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi valittanut | ei olisi valittanut | |
| 1st plur. | valittaisimme | emme valittaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme valittaneet | emme olisi valittaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valittaisitte | ette valittaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte valittaneet | ette olisi valittaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valittaisivat | eivät valittaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat valittaneet | eivät olisi valittaneet | |
| passive | valitettaisiin | ei valitettaisi | passive | olisi valitettu | ei olisi valitettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | valita | älä valita | 2nd sing. | ole valittanut | älä ole valittanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valittakoon | älköön valittako | 3rd sing. | olkoon valittanut | älköön olko valittanut | |
| 1st plur. | valittakaamme | älkäämme valittako | 1st plur. | olkaamme valittaneet | älkäämme olko valittaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valittakaa | älkää valittako | 2nd plur. | olkaa valittaneet | älkää olko valittaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valittakoot | älkööt valittako | 3rd plur. | olkoot valittaneet | älkööt olko valittaneet | |
| passive | valitettakoon | älköön valitettako | passive | olkoon valitettu | älköön olko valitettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | valittanen | en valittane | 1st sing. | lienen valittanut | en liene valittanut | |
| 2nd sing. | valittanet | et valittane | 2nd sing. | lienet valittanut | et liene valittanut | |
| 3rd sing. | valittanee | ei valittane | 3rd sing. | lienee valittanut | ei liene valittanut | |
| 1st plur. | valittanemme | emme valittane | 1st plur. | lienemme valittaneet | emme liene valittaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | valittanette | ette valittane | 2nd plur. | lienette valittaneet | ette liene valittaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | valittanevat | eivät valittane | 3rd plur. | lienevät valittaneet | eivät liene valittaneet | |
| passive | valitettaneen | ei valitettane | passive | lienee valitettu | ei liene valitettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | valittaa | present | valittava | valitettava | ||
| long 1st2 | valittaakseen | past | valittanut | valitettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | valittaessa | valitettaessa | agent1, 3 | valittama | |
| instructive | valittaen | — | negative | valittamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | valittamassa | — | 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 | valittamasta | — | ||||
| illative | valittamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | valittamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | valittamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | valittaman | valitettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | valittaminen | ||||
| partitive | valittamista | |||||
| 5th2 | valittamaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to moan, groan) voihkia
- (to complain, grouse, grip) purnata; (to whine) inistä (colloquial)
Derived terms
- adjectives: valitettava, valittava
- nouns: valittaja, valitus
- verbs: frequentative valitella
Anagrams
- valtiaat