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saada.

to get, receive

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈsɑːdɑˣ/[ˈs̠ɑ̝ːdɑ̝(ʔ)]
  1. to get, receive

    transitive
    Saan huomenna paketin.
    Sain serkultani kirjeen.
  2. to get, receive to get as one's task or responsibility to (do), be assigned to do

    intransitive · transitive
    Sain asian hoitaakseni.
  3. to get [with elative ‘out of’], make, produce, yield

    transitive
    Saatko siitä vielä käyttökelpoisen?
    Saat minut hyvälle tuulelle.
  4. 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)

    transitive
    Rypäleistä saadaan viiniä, oliiveista öljyä.
    Kyllä sinusta vielä mies saadaan!
  5. to get [with elative ‘out of’], make, produce, yield to get or make something done, manage to do

    transitive
    Oletan saavani paperit korjatuksi tänä viikonloppuna.
    Sain sen tehdyksi/tehtyä.
  6. 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)

    transitive
    Saat minut nauramaan.
  7. may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not)

    Saan katsoa televisiota.
    Saanko suudella kättäsi?
  8. 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?
  9. may, to be allowed, to be permitted; (restrictive) must; (in the negative) must (not), may (not) to deserve, ought to

    Saisit hävetä!
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. will [with first infinitive] (expresses hope that something will happen in the future; usually used with a qualifier)

    Meidän tulee tietää — me saamme tietää!
  13. to copy (receive a transmission successfully)

    transitive
    Sain.
  14. to get laid, to get lucky [with ablative ‘by’] (if the partner is mentioned)

    colloquial
    Tänä yönä aion saada!
  15. to arrive, come

    archaic · dialectal · poetic
    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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