Päättää

Translations

1. (transitive) to decide, choose [with first infinitive ‘to do’]

   Yritä päättää, mitä haluat.

   Try to decide what you want.

   Päätimme lähteä teatteriin.

   We decided to go to the theatre.

   Yritä nyt päättää!

   Make up your mind!

2. (transitive) to end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close

   päättää koulunkäynti ― to leave/finish education, graduate and/or drop out

   Presidentti päätti puheensa.

   The president ended their speech.

   Neuvottelut päätettiin tältä päivältä.

   The negotiations were concluded for this day.

3. (transitive) to tie off, fasten (a thread)
4. (transitive) to judge, infer, conclude

   Synonym: päätellä

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".