Kysyä

Translations

1. (intransitive) to ask, inquire/enquire [with ablative (target) and elative ‘about’]

   Kysyn häneltä Pekasta.

   I will ask her/him about Pekka.

   Kysyimme heiltä avusta, jota he lupasivat.

   We asked them about the help they promised.

2. (transitive) to ask, inquire/enquire [with ablative (target) and partitive ‘for/about’]

   Kysyin sinulta tätä asiaa.

   I asked you about/for this thing.

   Kysyimme heiltä apua.

   We asked them for help.

3. (figuratively, transitive, usually atelic) to take, require, necessitate, call for

   Synonym: vaatia

   Lapsen kasvattaminen kysyy kärsivällisyyttä.

   Raising a child requires patience.

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".