Jäädä

Translations

1. to stay (behind), remain [with illative or allative ‘in/to’; or with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’]

   jäädä mieleen ― to stick in one's mind

   jäädä tekemään ― to stay (behind) to do

   on tullut jäädäkseen ― is here to stay (literally, “has come here to stay behind”)

   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 [with translative] (of negative or neutral states)

   jäädä leskeksi ― to end up a widow

4. to get off, disembark, depart [with inessive or adessive (location), along with elative (vehicle, often with pois)]

   Jää pois Vantaalla/Turussa.

   Get off at Vantaa/Turku.

   Jää junasta.

   Leave the train.

5. to be caught, become it (in e.g. tag)

   Jäit!

   You're it!

6. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (video games, colloquial) to die

   yks jäi, toinen jäi, ai, mä jäin.

   one dead, two dead, ah, I'm dead.

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".