kandee
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑndeː/, [ˈkɑ̝nde̞ː]
- Rhymes: -ɑndeː
- Syllabification(key): kan‧dee
- Hyphenation(key): kan‧dee
Verb
kandee (colloquial)
- (impersonal) alternative form of kannattaa (“to be worthwhile (to), to be worth it (to)”)
Usage notes
This form is the third-person singular indicative present, because this paradigm does not have a first infinitive form (the form Finnish verbs are usually lemmatized under).
Conjugation
This verb is impersonal, and only a few forms exist.
List of forms
Standard forms are shown before the colloquial forms for reference.
| Description | Standard | Colloquial |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd sing. present indicative | kannattaa | kandee |
| present indicative connegative | kannata | kande, kandee |
| 3rd sing. present conditional and connegative | kannattaisi | kandeisi, kandeis |
| past indicative connegative (participle) | kannattanut | kandennut, kandenut |
| Regularly derivable colloquial forms (e.g. through omission of final consonants) are not listed. | ||