Pyytää

Translations

1. to ask (for), request [with ablative or elative 'who is asked', along with object 'for something'; or with partitive 'who is asked' and illative of third infinitive 'to do something'; or with partitive 'who is asked' and translative 'to be']
   • Synonym: anoa
   • Hän pyysi minulta apua.

     He asked me for some help.

   • Hän pyysi minua auttamaan.

     He asked me to help.

   • Hän pyysi minua muuttoavuksi.

     He asked me to help him with moving.

     (literally, “He asked me to be an aid in moving.”)

2. to invite (to) [with illative or allative 'to'; or with translative 'to be'; or with illative of third infinitive 'to do something']
   • Synonym: kutsua
   • Hän pyysi meidät vieraisille.

     She invited us to visit her (home).

   • Hän pyysi minut auttamaan.

     He invited me to help.

3. to hunt, fish
   • Synonyms: pyydystää, metsästää, kalastaa (“to fish”)
   • Hän pyyti kalaa katiskalla ja verkolla.

     He fished with a wire fish-trap and a net.

     (literally, “...hunted fish...”)

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".