Friday, September 26, 2008

To be able to

There are two verbs in Finnish that mean "to be able to" - osata and voida. Osata means to have the knowledge to allow you to do something (for example tie your shoelaces), and voida means to have the power to do something (for example lift a certain weight). Here is how you conjugate them:

minä osaan
sinä osaat
hän osaa
me osaamme
te osaatte
he osaavat

minä voin
sinä voit
hän voi
me voimme
te voitte
he voivat

2 comments:

Unknown said...

you must post another entry! :)

Unknown said...

you must post another entry! :)