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Jäädä

Verb type: 2

Translations

  1. to stay (behind), remain (+ illative/allative, (verbs) third infinitive in illative)
    jäädä mieleento stick in one's mind
    jäädä tekemäänto stay (behind) to do
    Jäin eilen kotiin, kun muut lähtivät kapakkaan.
    I stayed at home yesterday when the others went to a bar.
    jäädä Turkuunto stay in Turku
  2. to be left (over, behind)
    Asia jäi minun tehtäväkseni.
    The matter was left to me.
    Jäikö minulle yhtään ruokaa?
    Is there any food left for me?
    Älä käsittele sitä noin rajusti, siihen jää jälkiä!
    Don't handle it so roughly, you'll leave marks on it!
    (literally, “Don't handle it so roughly, marks will be left on it!”)
    Jos jaat kahdeksan korttia kolmelle tasan, montako jää yli?
    If you divide eight cards between three people evenly, how many will be left over?
    Bemmi jäi sierralle pahemman kerran.
    The Sierra left the Beamer in the dust, no competition.
  3. to end up (as), to become (+ translative) (mostly of negative or neutral states)
    jäädä leskeksito end up a widow
  4. to get off, disembark, depart (+ location in inessive/adessive, + vehicle in elative; often with pois)
    Jää pois Vantaalla/Turussa.
    Get off at Vantaa/Turku.
    Jää junasta.
    Leave the train.

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

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

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Perfect tense conjugation chart

Pluperfect tense conjugation chart

Conditional Conjugations

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

Present tense conjugation chart

Perfect tense conjugation chart