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Näyttää

Verb type: 1

Translations

  1. (transitive) to show, present
    Näyttäisittekö henkilöllisyystodistuksenne?
    Would you please show your ID?
    Näytä se minulle.
    Show it to me.
    Vielä minä teille näytän!
    I'll show you (pl.) yet!
  2. to look, appear, seem [(with adjectives or participles) with ablative or allative; or (with verbs) with genitive or possessive form of present or past active participle ‘to do/have done’]
    Synonym: vaikuttaa
    Tuo maalaus näyttää hyvältä/hyvälle.
    That painting looks nice.
    Jotenkin hän ei vain näytä nauttivan lomastaan.
    Somehow she just doesn't seem to enjoy her holiday.
    Jotenkin hän ei vain näytä nauttineen lomastaan.
    Somehow she just doesn't seem to have enjoyed her holiday.
  3. to look like, resemble [with ablative or elative] (to be similar in appearance to)
    Joidenkin mielestä strutsit näyttävät emuilta/emuille, mutta ne ovat vain kaukaisia sukulaisia.
    Ostriches look like emus to some people, but they are only distantly related.
  4. to look like, to look as if, to seem, appear [with ablative]
    Näyttää siltä, että olen kiintynyt sinuun.
    It looks like I'm stuck with you.
    Näyttää siltä, että kohta sataa.
    It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. / It seems it's going to rain soon.

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