Pitää ^{(Verb type1)}

Translations

1. (with partitive) to hold, grasp, grip

   Synonym: pidellä

   Minä voin pitää laukkuasi. ― I can hold your bag.

   1. (with elative + kiinni) to hold onto

      Synonym: pidellä

      Minä voin pitää laukustasi kiinni. ― I can hold onto your bag.

   2. (with accusative) to keep, take; to not lose

      Pidän tämän sisiliskon. ― I will keep this lizard.

   3. (with partitive) to hold, keep

      Synonym: kestää

      Nämä kengät eivät pidä vettä. ― These shoes can't hold water.

   4. (with partitive, sports) to dribble

      Synonym: kuljettaa

      pitää palloa ― to dribble the ball

   5. (with partitive, sports) to hold, to be in possession (of)

      Synonym: hallita

      pitää kiekkoa ― to hold the puck

2. (with partitive) to keep, preserve

   Pidä ikkunaa auki. ― Keep the window open.

   1. (with partitive) to keep, take care of

      Korkeasaaressa pidetään monenlaisia eläimiä. ― Many types of animals are kept in Korkeasaari Zoo.

3. (with elative) to like, be fond of

   Synonym: tykätä

   Antonyms: inhota, vihata

   Minä pidän appelsiineista. ― I like oranges.

   Pidän omenoista enemmän kuin appelsiineista. ― I prefer apples to oranges. (literally, “I like apples more than oranges.”)

   He pitävät tanssimisesta. ― They like dancing.

4. (with partitive + essive) to consider (to be), to assess, to see as

   Synonyms: kokea, nähdä

   Minä pidän ihmisiä vihamielisinä. ― I consider people to be hostile.

5. (auxiliary, impersonal with genitive + third-person singular indicative + first infinitive) to have (to do)

   Synonyms: tulla, täytyä

   Sinun pitää mennä töihin. ― You have to go to work.

   1. (auxiliary, impersonal, genitive + third-person singular conditional + first infinitive) should (do), ought (to do), be supposed (to do), would have (to do)

      Synonyms: kuulua, tulla

      Meidän pitäisi mennä töihin. ― We should go to work.

6. (with (+ yllä / päällä) + partitive) to wear (clothes, etc.)

   Synonyms: käyttää, (rare) kantaa

   Sisällä ei pidetä kenkiä. ― One doesn't wear shoes indoors.

7. (with accusative) to hold, to organize (such as an event)

   Milloin aiot pitää syntymäpäiväjuhlasi? ― When do you intend to hold your birthday party?

8. Used in very many collocations with nouns, translated often as "engage in", "have", "do", "transact", "pursue", "conduct", "carry out" "keep up", "maintain", "lead/teach" etc.

   Hän piti kuulustelua syytetylle. ― S/he was conducting an interrogation of the accused.

   Pidän SAP-kurssia. ― I teach a SAP course.

   Pidetään tauko. ― Let's have a break.

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".