Verbs in Finnish

Verbs are a key part of any language. The Finnish verbs list below will help you learn common Finnish verbs in no time. Together with other basic nouns and adjectives, this will quickly allow you to express basic things in Finnish. For even more Finnish verbs, take a look at our learning resources for Finnish at the end of the page.

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Basic Finnish Verbs
Finnish Action Words
Movements in Finnish
Finnish Business Verbs

Basic Finnish Verbs

English	Finnish
to open in Finnish	avata (avaan, avasi, avannut)
to close in Finnish	sulkea (suljen, sulki, sulkenut)
to sit in Finnish	istua (istun, istui, istunut)
to stand in Finnish	seistä (seison, seisoi, seissyt)
to know in Finnish	tietää (tiedän, tiesi, tiennyt)
to think in Finnish	ajatella (ajattelen, ajatteli, ajatellut)
to win in Finnish	voittaa (voitan, voitti, voittanut)
to lose in Finnish	hävitä (häviän, hävisi, hävinnyt)
to ask in Finnish	kysyä (kysyn, kysyi, kysynyt)
to answer in Finnish	vastata (vastaan, vastasi, vastannut)
to help in Finnish	auttaa (autan, auttoi, auttanut)
to like in Finnish	tykätä (tykkään, tykkäsi, tykännyt)
to kiss in Finnish	suudella (suutelen, suuteli, suudellut)
to eat in Finnish	syödä (syön, söi, syönyt)
to drink in Finnish	juoda (juon, joi, juonut)

Finnish Action Words

English	Finnish
to take in Finnish	ottaa (otan, otti, ottanut)
to put in Finnish	laittaa (laitan, laittoi, laittanut)
to find in Finnish	löytää (löydän, löysi, löytänyt)
to steal in Finnish	varastaa (varastan, varasti, varastanut)
to kill in Finnish	tappaa (tapan, tappoi, tappanut)
to fly in Finnish	lentää (lennän, lensi, lentänyt)
to attack in Finnish	hyökätä (hyökkään, hyökkäsi, hyökännyt)
to defend in Finnish	puolustaa (puolustan, puolusti, puolustanut)
to fall in Finnish	pudota (putoan, putosi, pudonnut)
to choose in Finnish	valita (valitsen, valitsi, valinnut)

Movements in Finnish

English	Finnish
to run in Finnish	juosta (juoksen, juoksi, juossut)
to swim in Finnish	uida (uin, ui, uinut)
to jump in Finnish	hypätä (hyppään, hyppäsi, hypännyt)
to pull in Finnish	vetää (vedän, veti, vetänyt)
to push in Finnish	työntää (työnnän, työnsi, työntänyt)
to throw in Finnish	heittää (heitän, heitti, heittänyt)
to crawl in Finnish	ryömiä (ryömin, ryömi, ryöminyt)
to fight in Finnish	tapella (tappelen, tappeli, tapellut)
to catch in Finnish	ottaa kiinni (otan, otti, ottanut)
to roll in Finnish	pyöriä (pyörin, pyöri, pyörinyt)

Finnish Business Verbs

English	Finnish
to buy in Finnish	ostaa (ostan, osti, ostanut)
to pay in Finnish	maksaa (maksan, maksoi, maksanut)
to sell in Finnish	myydä (myyn, myi, myynyt)
to study in Finnish	opiskella (opiskelen, opiskeli, opiskellut)
to call in Finnish	soittaa (soitan, soitti, soittanut)
to read in Finnish	lukea (luen, luki, lukenut)
to write in Finnish	kirjoittaa (kirjoitan, kirjoitti, kirjoittanut)
to calculate in Finnish	laskea (lasken, laski, laskenut)
to measure in Finnish	mitata (mittaan, mittasi, mitannut)
to earn in Finnish	ansaita (ansaitsen, ansaitsi, ansainnut)
to count in Finnish	laskea (lasken, laski, laskenut)
to scan in Finnish	skannata (skannaan, skannasi, skannannut)
to print in Finnish	tulostaa (tulostan, tulosti, tulostanut)

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Verbs in Finnish

Basic Finnish Verbs

Finnish Action Words

Movements in Finnish

Finnish Business Verbs

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