Soittaa

Translations

1. (transitive) to play (produce music using a musical instrument; use a device to hear a recording) [with adessive ‘with’]
   • Hän soittaa kitaraa. (e.g. as a hobby)
     • She plays the guitar.
   • Hän soittaa kitaralla. (e.g. right now, playing a piece of music with a guitar)
     • She is playing (a song with) the guitar.
   • Hän on soittanut tämän konserton jo monta kertaa.
     • He has already played this concerto many times.
   • Radio soittaa paljon rock-musiikkia.
     • Radio plays a lot of rock music.
   • Soita vielä yksi kappale!
     • Play one more song!
   • Tämän sävellyksen voi soittaa pianolla.
     • This piece of music can be played on the piano.
2. (intransitive) to phone, call [with allative or illative]
   • soittaa (puhelimella) jollekin ― to call someone (on the phone)
   • Soitan sinulle illalla.
     • I'll call you tonight.
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to ring, toll (a bell; also idiomatically in the expression soittaa kelloa)
   • soittaa kelloa ― to ring a bell
   • soittaa ovikelloa ― to ring a doorbell
4. (archaic, figurative) to drive, ride (now chiefly in idiomatic expressions, such as yhtä soittoa)

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".