Antaa

Translations

1. (transitive) to give; to allow; to present, donate [with allative ‘to’]
   • Synonym: suoda (usually literary)
   • Antonym: ottaa (“to take”)
   • Annoin Liisalle kukat.
     • I gave Liisa flowers.
   • Anna minulle mahdollisuus.
     • Give me a chance.
2. to let, allow, permit [with genitive and first infinitive]
   • Synonyms: sallia, suoda (usually literary)
   • Antonyms: kieltää (“to prohibit, forbid”), estää (“to prevent”)
   • Anna hänen mennä.
     • Let him go.
3. to have (do) (used as a causative or curative auxiliary verb) [with genitive and first infinitive]
   • antaa tehdä ― to have (something) done
4. (transitive) to issue (announce a legal statute; deliver by authority)
   • antaa käsky ― to issue an order
   • Valtioneuvosto antoi asetuksen.
     • The Cabinet issued a decree. (in Finland)
5. (transitive) to distribute, hand/pass out
6. (transitive) to grant, confer
   • Synonym: myöntää
7. (transitive) to give, yield, produce, bring
   • Huono pelto antaa pienen sadon.
     • A bad field yields a poor harvest.
   • Antaakohan se tänään ahvenia?
     • I wonder whether I will catch any perch today? (lit. "whether it will give some perch (to me)")
8. (transitive) to submit, leave, offer (often with a translative to represent action)
   • Synonym: jättää
   • antaa myytäväksi ― to offer for sale
9. (intransitive) to face, point (towards) [with illative or allative]
   • Ikkuna antaa itään.
     • The window faces east.
10. (colloquial) to consent to have sex [with allative ‘with’], put out [with allative ‘to/for’]

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".