Jättää

Translations

1. (transitive) to leave, leave behind (a thing, place, person, group, traces, etc.)

   Jätin taas puhelimen kotiin.

   I left my phone at home again.

   Ja kengät sitten jätetään oven eteen!

   And you better leave your shoes at the door!

   Kaverin tyttöystävä jätti hänet.

   My friend's girlfriend left him.

   Jätin kaupungin taakseni.

   I left the city behind me.

   Kissa on jättänyt raapimajälkiä oveen.

   The cat has left scratches on the door.

   Hän on jo jättänyt parhaan vuotensa taakseen.

   He has already left his best years behind him.

2. (transitive) to leave, spare, save (a part of a thing) [with allative ‘for’]

   Jätä sitä minullekin!

   Save some for me too!

   Sen voisi jättää toiseen kertaan.

   It could be left for some time.

3. (transitive) to take, drop off, deliver

   Jätin paketin postiin.

   I dropped the packet off at the post office.

4. (transitive) to submit, file (to enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.)

   Jätin hakemukseni viime maanantaina.

   I submitted my application last Monday.

5. (transitive) to leave (a task or something to do) [with allative ‘to’]

   Esimieheni jätti tämän minulle.

   My boss left this for me to do.

6. (auxiliary + abessive of the third infinitive) to not do, to neglect doing, to skip

   Jätin menemättä kouluun tänään.

   I didn't go to school today.

   Aiotko jättää tulematta?

   Are you (really) not coming?

7. (transitive) to quit, give up

   Synonym: lopettaa

   jättää opintonsa ― to quit one's studies, drop out

   jättää tupakointi ― to quit smoking

8. (of a clock) Synonym of jätättää (“to lose, run slow”)

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".