ottaa osaa

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately, a calque of Latin participō. Compare similarly formed German teilnehmen, English take part.

Verb

ottaa osaa

  1. to participate, take part, partake [with illative ‘in’], attend
    Synonym: osallistua
  2. to express one's condolences
    Synonym: pahoitella
    Otan osaa.
    My condolences.

Conjugation

See ottaa. osaa is in the partitive case, but is inflected in the genitive in action nouns: see Appendix:Finnish verb phrases.

Derived terms

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