Johtaa

Translations

1. (transitive) to lead, take, show someone the way to

   Synonyms: viedä, johdattaa

   Hän johtaa vieraat olohuoneeseen. ― She takes the guests into the living room.

2. (transitive) to guide, conduct, usher

   Synonyms: saattaa, opastaa, johdattaa

   Seuraavaksi turistiryhmä johdettiin kaupungin suurimpaan kirkkoon. ― Next the tour group was guided into the largest church in the city.

3. (intransitive) to lead to, reach to

   Synonyms: viedä, kulkea, käydä

   Tie johtaa kylän ulkopuolelle. ― The road leads to outside the village.

4. (intransitive) to lead to, result/end in

   johtaa toimenpiteisiin ― to lead to action being taken

   Kuljettajan vahinko johti onnettomuuteen. ― The driver's mistake resulted in the accident.

5. (transitive) to lead, make, get, induce

   Synonym: saada

   Se johtaa sinut tekemään jotain harkitsematonta. ― It'll lead you to do something without consideration.

6. (transitive) to lead, direct; to supervise, superintend, manage

   Synonym: ohjata

   Johdatko sinä tätä laitosta? ― Do you lead this facility?

   Täällä pitäisi olla joku johtamassa puhetta. ― There ought to be someone here to chair the session.

7. (transitive) to lead, command, be in command of, conduct

   Johdan orkesteria työkseni. ― I conduct an orchestra for a living.

8. (transitive, sports) to lead, be in the lead

   Kotijoukkue johtaa kahdella maalilla. ― The home team is leading by two goals.

9. (transitive, business) to manage, run, be in charge of

   Johdatko sinä sitä yritystä? ― Do you run that company?

10. (transitive, physics) to conduct (carry electricity, heat, etc.)

    Kupari johtaa hyvin sähköä. ― Copper conducts electricity well.

11. (transitive) to derive [with elative ‘from’]

    tiede on johdettu tietää-sanasta. ― The Finnish word tiede (“science”) was derived from tietää (“to know”).

    Yhtälöstä voidaan helposti johtaa ratkaisukaava. ― A solution formula can easily be derived from the equation.

12. (transitive) to trace back [with illative or elative ‘to’]

    Kyseinen sana voidaan johtaa latinaan. ― The word in question can be traced back to Latin.

13. (transitive) to deduce, conclude

    Päätelmä johdettiin todistusaineiston perusteella. ― The evidence was used to reach the conclusion.

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".