Ottaa

Translations

1. (transitive) to take [with ablative or elative ‘from’]
   • Ota lasi pöydältä.
     • Take the glass from the table.
   • Ota lasi kaapista.
     • Take the glass from the cupboard.
   • Otan lasin sinulta.
     • I'll take a glass from you.
2. (transitive, periphrase) to take, ingest or drink (such as medicine, alcohol or drugs)
   • Oletko ottanut jotakin?
     • Have you been drinking/taking something?
3. (transitive) to deprive of, bereave of [with ablative ‘target’ and direct object ‘of’]
   • Hallitus otti meiltä kaikki vapaudet.
     • The government deprived us of all the liberties.
4. (intransitive) to touch, reach down/up to, hang down to, get caught on [with illative]
   • Hame ottaa lattiaan.
     • The skirt hangs down to the floor.
5. (transitive) to take on, assume, take as one's task or responsibility to (do) [with translative or long first infinitive]
   • Otin asian hoitaakseni.
     • I took on taking care of the matter.
6. (transitive, chiefly in the negative) to (not) want to do, to refuse to do (of inanimate things) [with translative or long first infinitive]
   • arvostelu ei ota loppuakseen ― the criticism refuses to die (literally, “...refuses to end”)
7. (informal) Used to suggest that the action is sudden or impulsive; used with another verb and connected with ja (“and”).
   • Kone otti ja hajosi.
     • The machine (just) broke.
8. (transitive) to make a copy or record of some kind [with elative ‘of’]
   • ottaa kopio ― to make a copy
   • ottaa kuva ― to take a photo
   • ottaa video ― to record video, take video

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".