sormittaa

Finnish

Etymology

sormi +‎ -ittaa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsormitːɑːˣ/, [ˈs̠o̞rmit̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ormitːɑː
• Syllabification^(key): sor‧mit‧taa

Verb

sormittaa

1. (transitive) to finger (provide instructions about the use of fingers in music; use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument; use fingers in sign language)

Conjugation

Inflection of sormittaa (Kotus type 53*C/muistaa, tt-t gradation)
indicative mood
present tense				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sormitan	en sormita	1st sing.	olen sormittanut	en ole sormittanut
2nd sing.		sormitat	et sormita	2nd sing.	olet sormittanut	et ole sormittanut
3rd sing.		sormittaa	ei sormita	3rd sing.	on sormittanut	ei ole sormittanut
1st plur.		sormitamme	emme sormita	1st plur.	olemme sormittaneet	emme ole sormittaneet
2nd plur.		sormitatte	ette sormita	2nd plur.	olette sormittaneet	ette ole sormittaneet
3rd plur.		sormittavat	eivät sormita	3rd plur.	ovat sormittaneet	eivät ole sormittaneet
passive		sormitetaan	ei sormiteta	passive	on sormitettu	ei ole sormitettu
past tense				pluperfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sormitin	en sormittanut	1st sing.	olin sormittanut	en ollut sormittanut
2nd sing.		sormitit	et sormittanut	2nd sing.	olit sormittanut	et ollut sormittanut
3rd sing.		sormitti	ei sormittanut	3rd sing.	oli sormittanut	ei ollut sormittanut
1st plur.		sormitimme	emme sormittaneet	1st plur.	olimme sormittaneet	emme olleet sormittaneet
2nd plur.		sormititte	ette sormittaneet	2nd plur.	olitte sormittaneet	ette olleet sormittaneet
3rd plur.		sormittivat	eivät sormittaneet	3rd plur.	olivat sormittaneet	eivät olleet sormittaneet
passive		sormitettiin	ei sormitettu	passive	oli sormitettu	ei ollut sormitettu
conditional mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sormittaisin	en sormittaisi	1st sing.	olisin sormittanut	en olisi sormittanut
2nd sing.		sormittaisit	et sormittaisi	2nd sing.	olisit sormittanut	et olisi sormittanut
3rd sing.		sormittaisi	ei sormittaisi	3rd sing.	olisi sormittanut	ei olisi sormittanut
1st plur.		sormittaisimme	emme sormittaisi	1st plur.	olisimme sormittaneet	emme olisi sormittaneet
2nd plur.		sormittaisitte	ette sormittaisi	2nd plur.	olisitte sormittaneet	ette olisi sormittaneet
3rd plur.		sormittaisivat	eivät sormittaisi	3rd plur.	olisivat sormittaneet	eivät olisi sormittaneet
passive		sormitettaisiin	ei sormitettaisi	passive	olisi sormitettu	ei olisi sormitettu
imperative mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		—	—	1st sing.	—	—
2nd sing.		sormita	älä sormita	2nd sing.	—	—
3rd sing.		sormittakoon	älköön sormittako	3rd sing.	olkoon sormittanut	älköön olko sormittanut
1st plur.		sormittakaamme	älkäämme sormittako	1st plur.	—	—
2nd plur.		sormittakaa	älkää sormittako	2nd plur.	—	—
3rd plur.		sormittakoot	älkööt sormittako	3rd plur.	olkoot sormittaneet	älkööt olko sormittaneet
passive		sormitettakoon	älköön sormitettako	passive	olkoon sormitettu	älköön olko sormitettu
potential mood
present				perfect
person		positive	negative	person	positive	negative
1st sing.		sormittanen	en sormittane	1st sing.	lienen sormittanut	en liene sormittanut
2nd sing.		sormittanet	et sormittane	2nd sing.	lienet sormittanut	et liene sormittanut
3rd sing.		sormittanee	ei sormittane	3rd sing.	lienee sormittanut	ei liene sormittanut
1st plur.		sormittanemme	emme sormittane	1st plur.	lienemme sormittaneet	emme liene sormittaneet
2nd plur.		sormittanette	ette sormittane	2nd plur.	lienette sormittaneet	ette liene sormittaneet
3rd plur.		sormittanevat	eivät sormittane	3rd plur.	lienevät sormittaneet	eivät liene sormittaneet
passive		sormitettaneen	ei sormitettane	passive	lienee sormitettu	ei liene sormitettu
Nominal forms
infinitives				participles
		active	passive		active	passive
1st		sormittaa		present	sormittava	sormitettava
long 1st1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sormittaakseni sormittaaksemme 2nd sormittaaksesi sormittaaksenne 3rd sormittaakseen sormittaaksensa		past	sormittanut	sormitettu
2nd	inessive2	sormittaessa	sormitettaessa	agent4	sormittama
		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sormittaessani sormittaessamme 2nd sormittaessasi sormittaessanne 3rd sormittaessaan sormittaessansa		negative	sormittamaton
	instructive	sormittaen	—	1) Used only with a possessive suffix. 2) Usually with a possessive suffix (active only). 3) Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details). 4) Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms. * The third-person singular indicative form sormittaa does not exhibit final gemination, unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.
3rd	inessive	sormittamassa	—
	elative	sormittamasta	—
	illative	sormittamaan	—
	adessive	sormittamalla	—
	abessive	sormittamatta	—
	instructive	sormittaman	sormitettaman
4th3	verbal noun	sormittaminen
5th1		Possessive forms Person sing. plur. 1st sormittamaisillani sormittamaisillamme 2nd sormittamaisillasi sormittamaisillanne 3rd sormittamaisillaan sormittamaisillansa

Derived terms

• sormitus

 

Further reading

• “sormittaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03