Jäädä

Translations

1. to stay (behind), remain (+ illative/allative, (verbs) third infinitive in illative)

   jäädä mieleen ― to stick in one's mind

   jäädä tekemään ― to stay (behind) to do

   Jäin eilen kotiin, kun muut lähtivät kapakkaan.

   I stayed at home yesterday when the others went to a bar.

   jäädä Turkuun ― to stay in Turku

2. to be left (over, behind)

   Asia jäi minun tehtäväkseni.

   The matter was left to me.

   Jäikö minulle yhtään ruokaa?

   Is there any food left for me?

   Älä käsittele sitä noin rajusti, siihen jää jälkiä!

   Don't handle it so roughly, you'll leave marks on it!

   (literally, “Don't handle it so roughly, marks will be left on it!”)

   Jos jaat kahdeksan korttia kolmelle tasan, montako jää yli?

   If you divide eight cards between three people evenly, how many will be left over?

   Bemmi jäi sierralle pahemman kerran.

   The Sierra left the Beamer in the dust, no competition.

3. to end up (as), to become (+ translative) (mostly of negative or neutral states)

   jäädä leskeksi ― to end up a widow

4. to get off, disembark, depart (+ location in inessive/adessive, + vehicle in elative; often with pois)

   Jää pois Vantaalla/Turussa.

   Get off at Vantaa/Turku.

   Jää junasta.

   Leave the train.

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".