Tapahtua

Translations

1. (intransitive) to happen, take place, occur, come about, come up [with allative ‘to (someone)’]
   • Synonym: käydä
   • Suomessa voi tapahtua mitä vaan koska vaan.
     • Anything can happen at any time in Finland.
   • Jos se voi tapahtua, niin se myös tapahtuu.
     • If it can happen, then it will happen.
   • Miksi näin saa tapahtua?
     • Why is this allowed to happen?
   1. (intransitive) to happen [with allative ‘to (someone)’]
      • Synonym: käydä
      • Mitä sinulle on tapahtunut?
        • What has happened to you?
   2. (intransitive) to happen, be going on
      • Synonym: olla meneillään
      • Mitä täällä oikein tapahtuu?
        • What on earth is going on here?

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".