-tella

See also: tella, Tella, and -tellä

Finnish

Etymology

-ttaa + -ella; the first suffix was adapted by analogy from the causative meaning, taking to "to refer to as" as well as probably later "to act like", while the -ella is a frequentative suffix. The analogy may have also taken place only after the use of -tella in its literal (causative-frequentative) sense for some verbs.

Suffix

-tella (front vowel harmony variant -tellä)

  1. Forms verbs for calling someone by a name or a label.
    neiti (miss) > neiditellä (to call someone "miss")
  2. Forms verbs that describe act of pretending to be something.
    hurskas (pious) > hurskastella (to be hypocritical)

Conjugation

Inflection of -tella (Kotus type 67/tulla, no gradation)
indicative mood
present tense perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. -telen en -tele 1st sing. olen -tellut en ole -tellut
2nd sing. -telet et -tele 2nd sing. olet -tellut et ole -tellut
3rd sing. -telee ei -tele 3rd sing. on -tellut ei ole -tellut
1st plur. -telemme emme -tele 1st plur. olemme -telleet emme ole -telleet
2nd plur. -telette ette -tele 2nd plur. olette -telleet ette ole -telleet
3rd plur. -televat eivät -tele 3rd plur. ovat -telleet eivät ole -telleet
passive -tellaan ei -tella passive on -teltu ei ole -teltu
past tense pluperfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. -telin en -tellut 1st sing. olin -tellut en ollut -tellut
2nd sing. -telit et -tellut 2nd sing. olit -tellut et ollut -tellut
3rd sing. -teli ei -tellut 3rd sing. oli -tellut ei ollut -tellut
1st plur. -telimme emme -telleet 1st plur. olimme -telleet emme olleet -telleet
2nd plur. -telitte ette -telleet 2nd plur. olitte -telleet ette olleet -telleet
3rd plur. -telivat eivät -telleet 3rd plur. olivat -telleet eivät olleet -telleet
passive -teltiin ei -teltu passive oli -teltu ei ollut -teltu
conditional mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. -telisin en -telisi 1st sing. olisin -tellut en olisi -tellut
2nd sing. -telisit et -telisi 2nd sing. olisit -tellut et olisi -tellut
3rd sing. -telisi ei -telisi 3rd sing. olisi -tellut ei olisi -tellut
1st plur. -telisimme emme -telisi 1st plur. olisimme -telleet emme olisi -telleet
2nd plur. -telisitte ette -telisi 2nd plur. olisitte -telleet ette olisi -telleet
3rd plur. -telisivat eivät -telisi 3rd plur. olisivat -telleet eivät olisi -telleet
passive -teltaisiin ei -teltaisi passive olisi -teltu ei olisi -teltu
imperative mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. 1st sing.
2nd sing. -tele älä -tele 2nd sing. ole -tellut älä ole -tellut
3rd sing. -telkoon älköön -telko 3rd sing. olkoon -tellut älköön olko -tellut
1st plur. -telkaamme älkäämme -telko 1st plur. olkaamme -telleet älkäämme olko -telleet
2nd plur. -telkaa älkää -telko 2nd plur. olkaa -telleet älkää olko -telleet
3rd plur. -telkoot älkööt -telko 3rd plur. olkoot -telleet älkööt olko -telleet
passive -teltakoon älköön -teltako passive olkoon -teltu älköön olko -teltu
potential mood
present perfect
person positive negative person positive negative
1st sing. -tellen en -telle 1st sing. lienen -tellut en liene -tellut
2nd sing. -tellet et -telle 2nd sing. lienet -tellut et liene -tellut
3rd sing. -tellee ei -telle 3rd sing. lienee -tellut ei liene -tellut
1st plur. -tellemme emme -telle 1st plur. lienemme -telleet emme liene -telleet
2nd plur. -tellette ette -telle 2nd plur. lienette -telleet ette liene -telleet
3rd plur. -tellevat eivät -telle 3rd plur. lienevät -telleet eivät liene -telleet
passive -teltaneen ei -teltane passive lienee -teltu ei liene -teltu
Nominal forms
infinitives participles
active passive active passive
1st -tella present -televa -teltava
long 1st2 -tellakseen past -tellut -teltu
2nd inessive1 -tellessa -teltaessa agent1, 3 -telema
instructive -tellen negative -telematon
3rd inessive -telemassa 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.
3) Does not exist in the case of intransitive verbs. Do not confuse with nouns formed with the -ma suffix.

elative -telemasta
illative -telemaan
adessive -telemalla
abessive -telematta
instructive -teleman -teltaman
4th nominative -teleminen
partitive -telemista
5th2 -telemaisillaan

Usage notes

Often added to the plural stem of the base noun.

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