tuntea
Finnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *tuntëdak, from Proto-Uralic *tumte-. Cognates include Estonian tundma, Northern Sami dovdat, Hungarian tud.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittuntea
- (transitive) to feel, sense (sense by touch)
- tuntea pisto sydämessään ― to feel a sudden sense of guilt (literally, “to feel a sting in one's heart”)
- Tunnetko sykkeen?
- Do/Can you feel the heartbeat?
- (transitive, usually atelic) to feel (experience an emotion or other mental state)
- tuntea kipua ― to feel pain
- tuntea surua ― to feel sad
- tuntea pelkoa ― to feel fear
- tuntea iloa ― to feel happy
- tuntea janoa ― to feel thirsty
- (transitive) to feel (experience an emotion or other mental state (about))
- Tunnen itseni terveeksi.
- I feel (myself) healthy.
- (transitive) to know, be familiar with (implying deeper and more personal knowledge of someone, see the usage notes below)
- Tunnetko ketään, joka osaisi auttaa?
- Do you know anyone who could help?
- (transitive) to recognize, sense the identity of
- Synonym: tunnistaa
- Tunsin sinut heti äänestä.
- I recognized you right away by your voice.
Usage notes
edit- (to know): The English verb "to know" can be translated into Finnish with either tietää or tuntea. The difference is that tietää usually expresses superficial knowledge about something, e.g. knowledge that the thing in question exists, whereas tuntea expresses more personal, subjective, detailed or deeper knowledge.
- Tiedän hänet, mutta en tunne häntä.
- I know her (by name), but I don't know her (personally).
Conjugation
editInflection of tuntea (Kotus type 59*J/tuntea, nt-nn gradation) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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indicative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present tense | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | tunnen | en tunne | 1st sing. | olen tuntenut | en ole tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | tunnet | et tunne | 2nd sing. | olet tuntenut | et ole tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tuntee | ei tunne | 3rd sing. | on tuntenut | ei ole tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | tunnemme | emme tunne | 1st plur. | olemme tunteneet | emme ole tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | tunnette | ette tunne | 2nd plur. | olette tunteneet | ette ole tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tuntevat | eivät tunne | 3rd plur. | ovat tunteneet | eivät ole tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tunnetaan | ei tunneta | passive | on tunnettu | ei ole tunnettu | ||||||||||||||||
past tense | pluperfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | tunsin | en tuntenut | 1st sing. | olin tuntenut | en ollut tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | tunsit | et tuntenut | 2nd sing. | olit tuntenut | et ollut tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tunsi | ei tuntenut | 3rd sing. | oli tuntenut | ei ollut tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | tunsimme | emme tunteneet | 1st plur. | olimme tunteneet | emme olleet tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | tunsitte | ette tunteneet | 2nd plur. | olitte tunteneet | ette olleet tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tunsivat | eivät tunteneet | 3rd plur. | olivat tunteneet | eivät olleet tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tunnettiin | ei tunnettu | passive | oli tunnettu | ei ollut tunnettu | ||||||||||||||||
conditional mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | tuntisin | en tuntisi | 1st sing. | olisin tuntenut | en olisi tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | tuntisit | et tuntisi | 2nd sing. | olisit tuntenut | et olisi tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tuntisi | ei tuntisi | 3rd sing. | olisi tuntenut | ei olisi tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | tuntisimme | emme tuntisi | 1st plur. | olisimme tunteneet | emme olisi tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | tuntisitte | ette tuntisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte tunteneet | ette olisi tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tuntisivat | eivät tuntisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat tunteneet | eivät olisi tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tunnettaisiin | ei tunnettaisi | passive | olisi tunnettu | ei olisi tunnettu | ||||||||||||||||
imperative mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | tunne | älä tunne | 2nd sing. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tuntekoon | älköön tunteko | 3rd sing. | olkoon tuntenut | älköön olko tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | tuntekaamme | älkäämme tunteko | 1st plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | tuntekaa | älkää tunteko | 2nd plur. | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tuntekoot | älkööt tunteko | 3rd plur. | olkoot tunteneet | älkööt olko tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tunnettakoon | älköön tunnettako | passive | olkoon tunnettu | älköön olko tunnettu | ||||||||||||||||
potential mood | |||||||||||||||||||||
present | perfect | ||||||||||||||||||||
person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||||||||||||||
1st sing. | tuntenen | en tuntene | 1st sing. | lienen tuntenut | en liene tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
2nd sing. | tuntenet | et tuntene | 2nd sing. | lienet tuntenut | et liene tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
3rd sing. | tuntenee | ei tuntene | 3rd sing. | lienee tuntenut | ei liene tuntenut | ||||||||||||||||
1st plur. | tuntenemme | emme tuntene | 1st plur. | lienemme tunteneet | emme liene tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
2nd plur. | tuntenette | ette tuntene | 2nd plur. | lienette tunteneet | ette liene tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
3rd plur. | tuntenevat | eivät tuntene | 3rd plur. | lienevät tunteneet | eivät liene tunteneet | ||||||||||||||||
passive | tunnettaneen | ei tunnettane | passive | lienee tunnettu | ei liene tunnettu | ||||||||||||||||
Nominal forms | |||||||||||||||||||||
infinitives | participles | ||||||||||||||||||||
active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||||||||||
1st | tuntea | present | tunteva | tunnettava | |||||||||||||||||
long 1st1 |
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past | tuntenut | tunnettu | |||||||||||||||||
2nd | inessive2 | tuntiessa | tunnettaessa | agent4 | tuntema | ||||||||||||||||
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negative | tuntematon | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | tuntien | — | 1) Used only with a possessive suffix.
2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). | ||||||||||||||||||
3rd | inessive | tuntemassa | — | ||||||||||||||||||
elative | tuntemasta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
illative | tuntemaan | — | |||||||||||||||||||
adessive | tuntemalla | — | |||||||||||||||||||
abessive | tuntematta | — | |||||||||||||||||||
instructive | tunteman | tunnettaman | |||||||||||||||||||
4th3 | verbal noun | tunteminen | |||||||||||||||||||
5th1 |
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Derived terms
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Further reading
edit- “tuntea”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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