Taivuttaa ^{(Verb type1)}

1. to make something curved, to bend
2. to persuade or bend somebody to change their opinion or make up their mind for something
3. (grammar) to inflect (a word)
4. (grammar) to conjugate (a verb)
5. (grammar) to decline (an adjective or a noun)
6. (optics) to diffract

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".