saada.
to get, receive
Meaning & usage
to get, receive
Saan huomenna paketin.
Sain serkultani kirjeen.
to get, receive to get as one's task or responsibility to (do), be assigned to do
Sain asian hoitaakseni.
to get [with elative ‘out of’], make, produce, yield
Saatko siitä vielä käyttökelpoisen?
Saat minut hyvälle tuulelle.
to get [with elative ‘out of’], make, produce, yield to get, (in the passive) yield, afford (to give or bring forth; yield as natural result)
Rypäleistä saadaan viiniä, oliiveista öljyä.
Kyllä sinusta vielä mies saadaan!
to get [with elative ‘out of’], make, produce, yield to get or make something done, manage to do
Oletan saavani paperit korjatuksi tänä viikonloppuna.
Sain sen tehdyksi/tehtyä.
to get [with elative ‘out of’], make, produce, yield to make [with illative of third infinitive] (to cause the direct object to be the subject of a verb)
Saat minut nauramaan.
may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not)
Saan katsoa televisiota.
Saanko suudella kättäsi?
may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not) Used in polite questions; almost always followed by a verb. saada may be in the indicative or conditional mood, the latter is more polite.
Mitä teille saisi olla?
Saisiko olla lisää?
may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not) to deserve, ought to
Saisit hävetä!
may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not) used in an indirect imperative sense, often with the addition of luvan
Nyt saa riittää!
Se saa luvan kelvata.
may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not) to have to do something (reluctantly)
Häntä saa aina odottaa.
Jonain päivänä saat nähdä.
will [with first infinitive] (expresses hope that something will happen in the future; usually used with a qualifier)
Meidän tulee tietää — me saamme tietää!
to copy (receive a transmission successfully)
Sain.
to get laid, to get lucky [with ablative ‘by’] (if the partner is mentioned)
Tänä yönä aion saada!
to arrive, come
Syksy saa.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *saadak (compare Estonian saama), from Proto-Uralic *saxe- (compare Moksha самс (sams), Eastern Mari шуаш (šuaš), Komi-Zyrian суны (suny)); see it for more.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.