Palaa

Translations

1. (intransitive) to burn

   Tuli palaa uunissa.

   A fire is burning in the stove.

   Maito paloi pohjaan.

   The milk burned (into the bottom of a kettle, pot, etc).

2. (intransitive, e.g. of a lamp) to shine, emit light

   Lamppu palaa.

   The lamp is turned on.

3. (colloquial) to smoke, used when offering a cigarette

   Palaako?

   Would you like to smoke?

4. (intransitive) to be caught committing a crime
5. (intransitive, baseball, pesäpallo, dodgeball) to be out
6. (intransitive, of a lamp, fuse, etc.) to blow, to burn out, to blow out

   Lamppu paloi.

   The lamp has blown out. / The lamp is burned out.

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".