Test yourself and see how many of these you understand:
- aivastaa > aivastella
- ajaa > ajella
- haistaa > haistella
- heittää > heitellä
- hiihtää > hiihdellä
- hyppiä > hypellä
- järjestää > järjestellä
- kastaa > kastella
- katsoa > katsella
- kiertää > kierrellä
- kirjoittaa > kirjoitella
- kosia > kosiskella
- kysyä > kysellä
- laulaa > laulella
- matkustaa > matkustella
- muistaa > muistella
- oksentaa > oksennella
- oppia > opiskella
- palaa > palella
- sairastaa > sairastella
- soittaa > soitella
- sanoa > sanella
- rakastaa > rakastella
- tappaa > tapella
- vaihtua > vaihdella
Here are the translations:
- aivastaa > aivastella - to sneeze > to sneeze repeatedly
- ajaa > ajella - to drive, to drive around without any particular reason
- haistaa > haistella - to smell > to sniff
- heittää > heitellä - to throw > to throw back and forth
- hiihtää > hiihdellä - to ski > to ski around, to ski in a light-hearted manner
- hyppiä > hypellä - to jump > to jump around
- järjestää > järjestellä - to organize > to arrange, to sort
- kastaa > kastella - to dip > to wet something
- katsoa > katsella - to watch > to watch, but not so seriously
- kiertää > kierrellä - to go round once, to twist > to walk or drive around
- kirjoittaa > kirjoitella - to write > to write back and forth
- kosia > kosiskella - to propose (to ask to marry) > to woo
- kysyä > kysellä - to ask > to ask around
- laulaa > laulella - to sing > to sing in a light-hearted manner
- matkustaa > matkustella - to travel, to go travelling
- muistaa > muistella - to remember > to reminisce, to look back
- oksentaa > oksennella - to vomit > to throw up a little bit, but multiple times
- palaa > palella - to burn > to feel / be cold
- oppia > opiskella - to learn > to study
- sairastaa > sairastella - to be sick > to be sick repeatedly
- soittaa > soitella - to call/to play an instrument > to call each other / to play an instrument in a light-hearted manner
- sanoa > sanella - to say > to dictate
- rakastaa > rakastella - to love > to make love
- tappaa > tapella - to kill > to fight, to argue
- vaihtua > vaihdella - to change > to vary, to alternate
Another way to make frequentative verbs is to add -eske- inside of a verb type 3 verb. You can also add -eskella to some verb type 1 verbs. Verb type 4 verbs can get a suffix -illa.
How many do you already know?
How many do you already know?
- nuolla > nuoleskella
- olla > oleskella
- pierrä > piereskellä
- panna > paneskella
- juosta > juoksennella (Juosta has an irregular conjugation anyway.)
- lukea > lueskella
- nauraa > naureskella
- halata > halailla
- kirota > kiroilla
Translations:
- nuolla > nuoleskella - to lick > to lick multiple times, to suck up, to flatter
- olla > oleskella - to be > to dwell, to linger
- pierrä > piereskellä - to pass gas in general > to fart constantly
- panna > paneskella - to have sex > to have sex with one or several people many times or in a light-hearted manner
- juosta > juoksennella - to run > to run around
- lukea > lueskella - to read > to read in a light-hearted manner
- nauraa > naureskella - to laught > to laugh in a sarcastic manner
- halata > halailla - to hug > to hug multiple times in a friendly and light-hearted way
- kirota > kiroilla - to curse someone > to swear
You can be very creative when making new verbs. Feel free to try anything, but don't be offended if people don't understand you.
3 comments:
'dat kantele tho'
Aa, onko meemissä vääränlainen kantele? Mä en edes katsonut sitä.:)
Hi Hanna! Could you describe in a future post how is the structure in Finnish for "getting something done by someone" or "making someone do something for you" (something like in english is called "Causative case" for have and get):
"I got my car fixed" or "I will have my hair cut"
I know that in Finnish there are some verbs that mean that by themselves, like "laulattaa" (to make someone sing) or in the sentence:
"maalautin talun taiteilijalla" (maalauttaa) - I got my paint painted by an artist
What about other verbs that does not explicitly mean making someone do something?
if you already wrote something about that, please excuse me. I could not find it usnig the search box (or maybe I don´t know how to exactly look for it)
Thanks for everything!
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