älkääni

See also: alkaani

Finnish

Alternative forms
  • älkäämi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈælkæːni/, [ˈælkæːni]
  • Hyphenation: äl‧kää‧ni

Verb

älkääni

  1. (archaic, rare, nonstandard) The first-person singular form of the negation verb in imperative.

Usage notes
  • The first-person singular imperative is all but obsolete in the standard language.
  • Älkääni is used with a connegative form of the main verb, ending with -ko/-kö, identical to the form used with third-person singular, first-person plural and second-person plural.

Conjugation
  • The negation verb has no infinitive form.
  • Indicative, conditional and potential moods use the indicative forms (stem e-), for which the verb is conjugated only in person.
  • In the imperative mood the negation verb has the stem äl-.
  • An archaic optative mood exists and is used mainly in poetry.
personindicative moodimperative moodoptative mood
1st sing.en(älkääni, älkäämi)(ällön)
2nd sing.etälä(ällös)
3rd sing.eiälköön(älköön)
1st plur.emmeälkäämme(älköömme)
2nd plur.etteälkää(älköötte)
3rd plur.eivätälkööt(älkööt)
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