Vinnish verbs

One must differ between four types of verbs:

  1. Type I: Irregular verbs
    There is nothing that specifically significates an irregulaur verb. According to their inifitive they look just like regular verbs, so one must simply learn which verbs are regualr and which are not. But there compared to other languages there is rather few irregular verbs in Finnish.
  2. Type II: Regular verbs with one syllable
    Regular verbs with one syllable have a slightly different conjugation from verbs with two ore more syllable.
  3. Type III: Regular verbs
    Most Vinnish verbs are in this group.
  4. Type IV: Regular verbs ending in -la, -pa or -na
    Verbs ending in a conjugate exactly as verbs of Type III. The only difference is they form the past participle differently.
Here are conjugation examples for all four types:

Type II verbs:

Examples: ga (= to go), sja (= to see), fa (= to get)


ga
fa
sja
igh
gai
fai
sjai
dhou
gast
fast
sjast
he, si, et
gas
fas
sjas
vis/vig
games
fames
sjames
ju/erg
gais
fais
sjais
de bodhe/de
gan
fan
sjan

gaendi, gadh
faendi, fadh
sjaendi, sjadh

Type III verbs:

Examples: drikka (= to drink), thurfa (= to need), gefa (= to give)

drikka
thurfa
gefa
igh
drikku
thurfu
gefu
thou
drikkest
thurfest
gefest
he, si, et
drikks
thurfs
gefs
vis/vig
drikkemes
thurfemes
gefemes
ju/erg
drikkis
thurfis
gefis
de bodhe/de
drikken
thurfen
gefen

drikkendi, drikkedh
thurfendi, thurfedh
gefendi, gefedh

Type IV verbs:

Past participles of verbs ending on -na

These verbs compose the past participle almost regularly but do not end in -edh

benna (to stay) => ben
kenna (to know) => ken
winna (to win) => win

Past participles of verbs ending on -pa

These verbs end in -en instead of -edh.

slapa (to sleep) => slapen
grepa (to grab) => grepen
kaupa (to buy) => kaupen
pipa (to pipe) => pipen

Past participles of verbs ending on -la

These versbs in -t instead of -edh.

tala (= to tell) => talt