Tarkoittaa

Translations

1. (transitive) to mean, intend [with allative ‘for (a person or another beneficiary)’ or illative ‘for (a use, purpose)’ or (with participles) translative ‘to be ...’ or (with verbs) first infinitive ‘to’]
   • lapsille tarkoitettu ohjelma ― program meant for children
   • Tätä laitetta ei ole tarkoitettu ulkokäyttöön. ― This device is not meant for outdoor use.
   • Ruokalaji on tarkoitettu syötäväksi sellaisenaan. ― The dish is meant to be eaten as is.
   • En tarkoittanut loukata ketään. ― I didn't mean to offend anyone.
2. (transitive, usually atelic) to mean (have as intentions of a given kind)
   • Hän tarkoittaa hyvää. ― She means well.
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to mean (intend to express)
   • En minä sinua tarkoittanut. ― I didn't mean you.
   • Tarkoitatko, että se toimii vain joka toisella kerralla? ― Do you mean that it only works every other time?
4. (transitive, usually atelic) to mean, signify, refer to
   • Mitä se tarkoittaa? ― What does it mean?
   • Tässä artikkelissa mustalla torstailla tarkoitetaan vuoden 1929 pörssiromahdusta. ― In this article, the term musta torstai [Black Thursday] refers to the 1929 stock market crash.

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".