(transitive) todo, perform, executeFin:Mitä sinä teet?Eng:What are you doing?Fin:Meidän täytyy tehdä biopsia selvittääksemme oireiden syyn.Eng:We need to perform a biopsy in order to find out the cause of the symptoms.Fin:Mitä menit tekemään?Eng:What did you do? / What have you done? (scolding tone); literally "What did you go (to) do?"(transitive) tomake, manufactureFin:Tein äidilleni kakun.Eng:I made a cake for my mom.(transitive) tocommit, perpetrate, carryout, conduct (to do, as a crime, sin, or fault)Fin:~ itsemurhaEng:to commit suicideFin:~ rikosEng:to commit a crime, perpetrate an offenseFin:~ virheEng:to commit a mistake, make an errorFin:~ koe, ~ testiEng:to carry out, conduct a testFin:tehdä huorinEng:to commit adultery(transitive) tomake, render (somebody: accusative, adjective: translative or somebody: elative, noun: accusative)Fin:Hän teki minut iloiseksi.Eng:She made me happy.Fin:(with an elative noun describing the end result) He tekivät minusta presidentin.Eng:They made me President.(transitive) tomake, cost (said often by the salesperson to the customer)Fin:Se tekee viisikymmentäyhdeksän euroa.Eng:That makes fifty-nine euros.(transitive, informal) todoa, pulla (copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned)Show more (to make, manufacture): valmistaa(to carry out, conduct): pitää(to cost, to pay): maksaaShow more (To make/render): The structure elative + accusative can sometimes be used also when describing the end result with an adjective, but the structure accusative + translative may very often not sound fluent when describing the end result with a noun. This distinction is very established and to make sure that the language used sounds fluent, it is preferable to stick to it although there is sometimes some fluctuation when describing the result with an adjective.("do a", "pull a"; copy, emulate): What or who is being emulated is practically always in plural, even if plural forms would not normally be used for that particular word (such as with country names).Show more AdjectivesteennäinenNounsteelmäteennöstehdastehtävätekeletekijätekoVerbsfrequentative teeskellämomentane tekaistafactitive teettääreflexive tekeytyäAdverbstekeillätehdä + a proper noun in nominative plural (“to do a ...”) (colloquial)Hänteki Nykäset jaalkoiryypätä.She did a Nykänen and hit the bottle.(Matti Nykänena ski jumping championhas been notorious for heavy drinking.)tehdäero + genitive + välille (“to draw a distinction (between some things)”)tehdähallaa + allative (“to harm somebody/somethingbe harmful tohave a harmful effect on”)tehdäheinää (“to make hay”)tehdähistoriaa (“to make history”)tehdähousuihinsa (“to godo it in one's pants”) (colloquial)Monopersonallygenitive + 3rd-pers. sg. + huonoa + infinitive (“to feel bad doing something”)Minuntekeepahaaajatellakinsitä.I feel bad just thinking it.Biblicaltehdähuorin (“to fornicatecommit adultery”)tehdähyvävaikutelma + illative (“to make a good impression”)Monopersonallygenitive + 3rd-pers. sg. + hyvää + infinitive (“to feel good doing something”)Minuntekeehyvääajatellasitä.I feel good thinking it.tehdäisonumero + elative (“to make big deal out of something”)tehdäitsensäymmärretyksi (“to make oneself understood”)tehdämieliksi + allative (“to try to please someone”)tehdämieli (“to feel like (doing or having)to fancy”)tehdäjonkuntahto (“to obey someone”)Sportstehdäjuoksu (“to hit a home run”)tehdäkaikkensa (“to do everything possibledo everything in one's power”)tehdäkanne + elative (“to file a lawsuitbring charges against somebodysue”)tehdäkantelu + elative (“to file a complaint”)tehdäkauppansa (“to sell (well)be a hot itemgo like hotcakes”)tehdäkaupat (“to close a deal”)tehdäkuolemaa (“to be dying”)tehdäkärpäsestähärkänen (“to make a mountainout of a molehill”)tehdäloppu + elative (“to put an endput a stop to”)tehdäoikeutta + allative (“to do justice”)tehdäpalvelus + allative (“to do a favor”)tehdäparannus (“to repentmend one's ways”)tehdäparhaansa (“to do one's best”)tehdäristinmerkki (“to cross oneself”)tehdäselkoa + elative (“to report on something”)tehdäselväksi (“to make clear”)Tehdä sopimus (“to make an agreement (synonymsolmiasopimus)”)tehdäsovinto (“to make upbecome reconciled”)tehdätarpeensa (“to relieve oneselfheed the call of nature”)tehdätiliä + elative (“to make a reckoning”)tehdätyötäkäskettyä (“to follow instructions”)tehdätäyskäännös (“to do an about face”)tehdävastarintaa (“to resist”)tehdävoitavansa (“to do what one can”)tehdäitsemurha (“to commit suicide”)Show more From Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric teke-. Cognates include Estonian tegema, Northern Sami dahkat, and Hungarian tesz.Show more Press Esc to closeSource:
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