Onnistua

Translations

1. (intransitive) to succeed (go well, be done successfully)

   Keinotekoisen solun luominen on onnistunut.

   The creation of an artificial cell has been successful.

2. (intransitive) to manage, succeed (go well, do successfully) [with illative ‘in/to’ or (with verbs) illative of third active infinitive ‘in/to’; or (with verbs only) with genitive ‘subject’ (and onnistua used monopersonally) and first infinitive ‘in/to’]

   Vuonna 1710 hänen onnistui kuitenkin paeta.

   However, in the year 1710 he managed to escape.

   Tässä hän ei kuitenkaan koskaan onnistunut.

   However, he never succeeded in doing this.

   Onnistuit voittamaan hänet!

   You managed to win him!

   Meidän onnistui selvittää, mitä oli tapahtunut.

   We managed to figure out what had happened.

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".