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Jättää

Verb type: 1

Translations

  1. (transitive) to leave, leave behind (a thing, place, person, group, traces, etc.)
    • Jätin taas puhelimen kotiin. ― I left my phone at home again.
    • Ja kengät sitten jätetään oven eteen! ― And you better leave your shoes at the door!
    • Kaverin tyttöystävä jätti hänet. ― My friend's girlfriend left him.
    • Jätin kaupungin taakseni. ― I left the city behind me.
    • Aiotko jättää sen viimeiseksi? ― Are you going to leave it for last?
    • Kissa on jättänyt raapimajälkiä oveen. ― The cat has left scratches on the door.
    • Hän on jo jättänyt parhaan vuotensa taakseen. ― He has already left his best years behind him.
    • Jätä ruoka uuniin hautumaan tunniksi. ― Leave the food to simmer in the oven for an hour.
  2. (transitive) to leave, spare, save (a part of a thing) [with allative 'for']
    • Jätä jämät. ― Save me the leftovers, scraps.
    • Jätä sitä minullekin! ― Save some for me too!
    • Sen voisi jättää toiseen kertaan. ― We could leave it for some other time.
  3. (transitive) to take, drop off, deliver
    • Jätin paketin postiin. ― I dropped the packet off at the post office.
  4. (transitive) to submit, file (to enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.)
    • Jätin hakemukseni viime maanantaina. ― I submitted my application last Monday.
  5. (transitive) to leave (a task or something to do) [with allative 'to' and translative 'as']
    • Esimieheni jätti tämän minulle (tehtäväksi). ― My boss left this for me to do.
    • Esimieheni jätti tämän minun tehtäväksi. ― My boss left this for me to do. (literally, “My boss left this as my task.”)
  6. to not do, to neglect doing, to skip [with abessive of third infinitive]
    • jättää äänestämättä ― to abstain from voting, not vote (literally, “to leave without voting”)
    • Jätin menemättä kouluun tänään. ― I didn't go to school today.
    • Aiotko jättää tulematta? ― Are you (really) not coming?
    • Aiotko jättää sen syömättä? ― Are you (really) not eating it?
  7. (transitive) to quit, give up
    • Synonym: lopettaa
    • jättää opintonsa ― to quit one's studies, drop out
    • jättää tupakointi ― to quit smoking
  8. (of a clock) synonym of jätättää (“to lose, run slow”)

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

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

Present tense conjugation chart

Past tense conjugation chart

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