Selvitä

Translations

1. (intransitive) to become clear (become transparent in colour; become bright, not dark or obscured; become free of obstacles or clouds)

   Vesi selviää.

   The water becomes clearer.

2. (intransitive) to get solved

   Ongelma selvisi itsestään.

   The problem solved itself.

3. (intransitive) to cope (with something), survive (after something)

   Selviän kyllä tästä.

   I'll cope with this.

4. (intransitive) to escape (get away or survive from an unwanted situation)

   Hän selvisi täpärästi onnettomuudesta.

   She escaped narrowly from the accident.

5. (intransitive) to sober up (recover from intoxication)

   Hän näyttää selviävän.

   He seems to be sobering up.

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".