Nähdä

Translations

1. (transitive) to see (perceive with the eyes)
   • Näetkö tuon rakennuksen?
     • Do you see that building?
   • Näin hänet eilen kaupassa, mutta hän ei nähnyt minua.
     • I saw her/him at the supermarket yesterday but she/he didn't see me.
   • Näitkö sen matalalla lentäneen lentokoneen?
     • Did you see that airplane flying low?
   1. can see [with first infinitive ‘to do’] (have enough vision to be able to do something)
      • Ulkona on niin valoisaa öisin, että näkee lukea.
        • It's so bright outside at night that one can (see well enough to) read.
2. (transitive) to see, meet
   • Nähdään huomenna!
     • Let's meet tomorrow!
   • Näen Pekkaa ylihuomenna.
     • I'll see Pekka the day after tomorrow.
3. (transitive) to see, come to know through sight [with elative or ablative ‘on’]
   • Näin uutisen lehdestä.
     • I saw the news on the paper.
   • Kellosta näkee ajan.
     • One can see the time on the clock.
   • Näin heti huoneeseen astuttuani, että tunnelma oli hyvin kireä.
     • I could tell immediately once I stepped into the room that the atmosphere was very tense.
4. (transitive, figuratively) to see, (come to) realize
5. (transitive) to see, regard, view [with translative or essive ‘as’], consider [with translative or essive]
   • Synonym: kokea
   • nähdä ratkaisuna ― to consider ... a solution / to see as a solution
6. (transitive, usually atelic) to go through, experience
   • Onneksi Suomessa ei tarvitse nähdä nälkää.
     • Fortunately, one doesn't have to experience hunger in Finland.

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".