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Päättää

Verb type: 1

Translations

  1. (transitive) to decide, choose (to do = first infinitive)
    Yritä päättää, mitä haluat.
    Try to decide what you want.
    Päätimme lähteä teatteriin.
    We decided to go to the theatre.
    Yritä nyt päättää!
    Make up your mind!
  2. (transitive) to end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
    päättää koulunkäynti ― to leave/finish education, graduate and/or drop out
    Presidentti päätti puheensa.
    The president ended their speech.
    Neuvottelut päätettiin tältä päivältä.
    The negotiations were concluded for this day.
  3. (transitive) to tie off, fasten (a thread)
  4. (transitive) to judge, infer, conclude
    Synonym: päätellä

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