Tahtoa

Translations

1. (transitive) to want [with first infinitive ‘to do’]

   Synonym: haluta

   Tahdon jäätelön.

   I want an ice cream.

   Tahdotko lisää kakkua?

   Do you want more cake?

   Tahdon laulaa karaokea.

   I want to sing karaoke.

   Tahdotko ottaa hänet aviovaimoksesi?

   Do you want to take her to be your wife?

2. (intransitive) to tend (to have a tendency to)

   Hinnat tahtovat nousta.

   The prices tend to rise.

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".