Pyytää

Translations

1. to ask (for), request [with ablative ‘who is asked’ and object ‘for something’; or with partitive ‘who is asked’ and illative of third infinitive ‘to do something’]

   Synonym: anoa

   Hän pyysi minulta apua.

   He asked me for some help.

   Hän pyysi minua auttamaan.

   He asked me to help.

2. to invite (to) [with illative or allative ‘to’; or with illative of third infinitive ‘to do something’]

   Synonym: kutsua

   Hän pyysi meidät vieraisille.

   She invited us to visit her (home).

   Hän pyysi minut auttamaan.

   He invited me to help.

3. to hunt, fish

   Synonyms: pyydystää, metsästää, kalastaa (“to fish”)

   Hän pyyti kalaa katiskalla ja verkolla.

   He fished with a wire fish-trap and a net.

   (literally, “...hunted fish...”)

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".