Syyttää

Translations

1. (transitive, usually atelic) to blame [with elative ‘for’], blame (something) on, accuse [with elative ‘of’; or with translative ‘of being’]
   • Hän syyttää minua epäonnistumisesta.
     • S/he is blaming me for the failure.S/he is blaming the failure on me.
   • Hän syyttää minua varkaaksi.
     • S/he is accusing me of being a thief.
2. (law, transitive, usually atelic) to accuse (of), charge (for), indict (for), prosecute (for), try (for), arraign (for) [with elative]
   • Milosevicia syytettiin kansanmurhasta.
     • Milosevic was prosecuted for genocide.
3. (dialectal) to itch

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".