Elää ^{(Verb type1)}

Translations

1. (intransitive) to live, be alive

   Synonym: olla elossa

   Elän kuin viimeistä päivää.

   I live as if this were the last day [of my life].

2. (intransitive) to live (somewhere)

   Synonym: asua

   Olen elänyt koko ikäni tässä kaupungissa.

   I have lived in this town for all my life.

3. (transitive) to breathe (to be very passionate about something)

   Synonym: elää ja hengittää

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".