(transitive + partitive) tohold, grasp, gripFin:Minä voin pitää laukkuasi.Eng:I can hold your bag.(transitive + accusative) tokeep, takeFin:Pidän tämän sisiliskon.Eng:I will keep this lizard.(transitive + partitive) tokeep, preserveFin:Pidä ikkunaa auki.Eng:Keep the window open.(transitive + partitive) tohold, keepFin:Nämä kengät eivät pidä vettä.Eng:These shoes can't hold water.(transitive + elative) tolike, befondoftykätäFin:Minä pidän appelsiineista.Eng:I like oranges.Fin:Pidän omenoista enemmän kuin appelsiineista.Eng:I prefer apples to oranges. (literally, “I like apples more than oranges.”)Fin:He pitävät tanssimisesta.Eng:They like dancing.(transitive, impersonal, genitive + 3rd-pers. singular + 1st infinitive) tohave (to do); (in conditional mood) should (do), ought (to do), besupposed (to do), wouldhave (to do)Fin:Sinun pitää mennä töihin.Eng:You have to go to work.Fin:Meidän pitäisi mennä töihin.Eng:We should go to work.(transitive + partitive + essive) toconsider (to be), toassess, toseeasFin:Minä pidän ihmisiä vihamielisinä.Eng:I consider people to be hostile.(transitive + elative + kiinni) toholdontoFin:Minä voin pitää laukustasi kiinni.Eng:I can hold onto your bag.(transitive + partitive) tokeep, takecareofFin:Korkeasaaressa pidetään monenlaisia eläimiä.Eng:Many types of animals are kept in Korkeasaari Zoo.(transitive (+ yllään) + partitive) towear (clothes, etc.)(transitive) tohold, toorganize (such as an event)(transitive) Usedinverymanycollocationswithnouns, translatedoftenas"engagein", "have", "do", "transact", "pursue", "conduct", "carryout""keepup", "maintain", "lead/teach"etc.Fin:Hän piti kuulustelua syytetylle.Eng:S/he was conducting an interrogation of the accused.Fin:Pidän SAP-kurssia.Eng:I teach a SAP course.Fin:Pidetään tauko.Eng:Let's have a break.Show more (to have to): Täytyä expresses absolute necessity to do something, whereas pitää does not have such an unconditional sense as täytyä.(to like, be fond of): With verbs, a derived noun (such as with -minen, valid for all verbs) in elative case must be used.Show more AdjectivespidettyNounspidikepidinpidäkepitopitäjäPhrasal verbspitää (+ genitive +) puolta (“to stick up for sb, go to bat for sb”)pitäämielessä ( + possessive suffix) (“to bear in mind, to keep in mind”)pitää elossa (“to keep alive”)pitää hallussaan (“to command, hold, control the use of”)pitää hauskaa (“to have fun, have a ball, have a good time, enjoy”)pitää huolta + elative (“to take care of”)pitää kiireisenä + accusative (“to keep busy”)pitää omana tietonaan (“to withhold (information)”)pitää paikkansa (“to be true, hold true, hold water”)pitää pilkkanaan (“to make a fool of, ridicule, mock, make fun of”)pitää pintansa (“to hold one's own, stick to one's guns, not give in, not fold up”)pitää puolensa (“to stick up for one's rights, stick to one's guns”)pitää päänsä (“to refuse to budge/negotiate/compromise, have one's way, stick to one's guns”)pitää silmällä + partitive (“to keep an eye on”)pitää varansa (“to watch out”)pitää yhtä (“to band/stick together, speak with one voice”)pitää yllä (“to maintain, keep up; to sustain”)pitää ääntä + elative (“to make (a) noise about something (e.g. about an egregious problem)”)Verbspidellä (frequentative)pidättää (factitive)pitäytyä (reflexive)Show more From Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-. Cognate with Estonian pidama, Erzya педямс (pedjams), Hungarian fűz (“to tie”).Show more Press Esc to closeSource:
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