Lähteä

Translations

1. to leave, go, go away, set off, take off, depart, sail (to do = illative of the third infinitive)

   Hän on jo lähtenyt. ― He has already left.

   Lähdetäänkö syömään? ― Should we go eat (somewhere)?

   Sitä voisi vaikka lähteä kävelylle. ― I guess I could go for a walk.

2. (auxiliary + illative of the third infinitive) to begin, start, start out, start off (often with more contrast than mennä, alkaa, ryhtyä etc.)

   En lähde arvostelemaan suunnitelmiasi. ― I'm not going to start criticizing your plans.

3. (of a stain, shirt button, fur, hair, etc.) to come out, come off, shed, fall out
4. to come from, stem (from), originate (from) (+ elative)

   lehdistä lähtevä tuoksu ― the odour coming from the leaves

5. to send, be sent

   Synonym: lähettyä

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".