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Lähteä

Verb type: 1

Translations

  1. to leave, go, go away, set off, take off, depart, sail [with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’]
    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.
    • 1993, Juha Pöyhönen, Kari Hurri (lyrics and music), “Kun tänään lähden”, performed by Suurlähettiläät:
      Kun tänään lähden, otan mukaan mitä tarvitsen,taivaalta tähden valitsen ja sitä seurailen
      When I leave today, I'll take with me what I need,pick a star from the sky and follow it around
  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) [with 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".

Present tense conjugation chart

Past tense conjugation chart

Perfect tense conjugation chart

Pluperfect tense conjugation chart

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".

Present tense conjugation chart

Perfect tense conjugation chart