nakertaa
Finnish
Etymology
From nak- + -ertaa.
Verb
nakertaa
- To gnaw (to bite or chew persistently).
- Rotta nakersi yön aikana reiän oveen.
- A rat gnawed a hole in the door during the night.
- Rotta nakersi yön aikana reiän oveen.
- To nibble (to eat with small quick bites).
- Lapsi nakertaa keksiään tyytyväisenä.
- The child is nibbling her biscuit contentedly.
- Lapsi nakertaa keksiään tyytyväisenä.
- To nibble away (to cause to diminish little by little).
- Harmaa talous nakertaa yhteiskunnan moraalisia perusarvoja.
- The underground economy nibbles away at the basic values of society.
- Harmaa talous nakertaa yhteiskunnan moraalisia perusarvoja.
Conjugation
| Inflection of nakertaa (Kotus type 54/huutaa, rt-rr gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nakerran | en nakerra | 1st sing. | olen nakertanut | en ole nakertanut | |
| 2nd sing. | nakerrat | et nakerra | 2nd sing. | olet nakertanut | et ole nakertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nakertaa | ei nakerra | 3rd sing. | on nakertanut | ei ole nakertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nakerramme | emme nakerra | 1st plur. | olemme nakertaneet | emme ole nakertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nakerratte | ette nakerra | 2nd plur. | olette nakertaneet | ette ole nakertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nakertavat | eivät nakerra | 3rd plur. | ovat nakertaneet | eivät ole nakertaneet | |
| passive | nakerretaan | ei nakerreta | passive | on nakerrettu | ei ole nakerrettu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nakersin | en nakertanut | 1st sing. | olin nakertanut | en ollut nakertanut | |
| 2nd sing. | nakersit | et nakertanut | 2nd sing. | olit nakertanut | et ollut nakertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nakersi | ei nakertanut | 3rd sing. | oli nakertanut | ei ollut nakertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nakersimme | emme nakertaneet | 1st plur. | olimme nakertaneet | emme olleet nakertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nakersitte | ette nakertaneet | 2nd plur. | olitte nakertaneet | ette olleet nakertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nakersivat | eivät nakertaneet | 3rd plur. | olivat nakertaneet | eivät olleet nakertaneet | |
| passive | nakerrettiin | ei nakerrettu | passive | oli nakerrettu | ei ollut nakerrettu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nakertaisin | en nakertaisi | 1st sing. | olisin nakertanut | en olisi nakertanut | |
| 2nd sing. | nakertaisit | et nakertaisi | 2nd sing. | olisit nakertanut | et olisi nakertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nakertaisi | ei nakertaisi | 3rd sing. | olisi nakertanut | ei olisi nakertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nakertaisimme | emme nakertaisi | 1st plur. | olisimme nakertaneet | emme olisi nakertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nakertaisitte | ette nakertaisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte nakertaneet | ette olisi nakertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nakertaisivat | eivät nakertaisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat nakertaneet | eivät olisi nakertaneet | |
| passive | nakerrettaisiin | ei nakerrettaisi | passive | olisi nakerrettu | ei olisi nakerrettu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | nakerra | älä nakerra | 2nd sing. | ole nakertanut | älä ole nakertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nakertakoon | älköön nakertako | 3rd sing. | olkoon nakertanut | älköön olko nakertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nakertakaamme | älkäämme nakertako | 1st plur. | olkaamme nakertaneet | älkäämme olko nakertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nakertakaa | älkää nakertako | 2nd plur. | olkaa nakertaneet | älkää olko nakertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nakertakoot | älkööt nakertako | 3rd plur. | olkoot nakertaneet | älkööt olko nakertaneet | |
| passive | nakerrettakoon | älköön nakerrettako | passive | olkoon nakerrettu | älköön olko nakerrettu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | nakertanen | en nakertane | 1st sing. | lienen nakertanut | en liene nakertanut | |
| 2nd sing. | nakertanet | et nakertane | 2nd sing. | lienet nakertanut | et liene nakertanut | |
| 3rd sing. | nakertanee | ei nakertane | 3rd sing. | lienee nakertanut | ei liene nakertanut | |
| 1st plur. | nakertanemme | emme nakertane | 1st plur. | lienemme nakertaneet | emme liene nakertaneet | |
| 2nd plur. | nakertanette | ette nakertane | 2nd plur. | lienette nakertaneet | ette liene nakertaneet | |
| 3rd plur. | nakertanevat | eivät nakertane | 3rd plur. | lienevät nakertaneet | eivät liene nakertaneet | |
| passive | nakerrettaneen | ei nakerrettane | passive | lienee nakerrettu | ei liene nakerrettu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | nakertaa | present | nakertava | nakerrettava | ||
| long 1st2 | nakertaakseen | past | nakertanut | nakerrettu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | nakertaessa | nakerrettaessa | agent1, 3 | nakertama | |
| instructive | nakertaen | — | negative | nakertamaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | nakertamassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | nakertamasta | — | ||||
| illative | nakertamaan | — | ||||
| adessive | nakertamalla | — | ||||
| abessive | nakertamatta | — | ||||
| instructive | nakertaman | nakerrettaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | nakertaminen | ||||
| partitive | nakertamista | |||||
| 5th2 | nakertamaisillaan | |||||
Related terms
- nakerrella (frequentative verb)
- nakerrus (action)
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