Kärsiä ^{(Verb type1)}

1. (intransitive, + elative) to suffer from, endure

   Lapset kärsivät nälänhädästä.

   The children suffer from famine.

2. (transitive) to suffer, experience, undergo (something negative = genitive-accusative)

   Joukkue kärsi tappion.

   The team suffered a defeat.

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

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