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. (+ genitive, auxiliary + first infinitive) to let, allow, permit

   Synonyms: sallia, suoda (usually literary)

   Antonyms: kieltää (“to prohibit, forbid”), estää (“to prevent”)

   Anna hänen mennä.

   Let him go.

3. (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)

4. (transitive) to distribute, hand/pass out
5. (transitive) to grant, confer

   Synonym: myöntää

6. (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)")

7. (transitive) to submit, leave, offer (often with a translative to represent action)

   Synonym: jättää

   antaa myytäväksi ― to offer for sale

8. (intransitive) to face, point (towards) [with illative or allative]

   Ikkuna antaa itään.

   The window faces east.

9. (auxiliary + first infinitive) to have (do) (used as a causative or curative auxiliary verb)

   antaa tehdä ― to have (something) done

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".