Tavata

Translations

1. (transitive) to meet (come face to face with)

   Tapaan hänet teatterin edessä.

   I'll meet him/her in front of the theater.

2. (transitive) to meet (come together in conflict)

   Synonym: kohdata

   tavata vastustajansa ― to meet one's opponent

3. to meet up (to meet by arrangement)

   Kun ensi kerran tulet kaupunkiin, meidän pitäisi tavata jossakin.

   The next time you come in town we should meet up somewhere.

4. (transitive) to encounter

   Synonym: kohdata

   Tapasin karhun metsässä viime kesänä.

   Last summer I encountered a bear in the forest.

   Tavataanko niitä koko maassa?

   Are they found throughout the entire country?

   (literally, “Are they encountered throughout the entire country?”)

5. (transitive) to catch, find [with elative ‘from’ and elative of third infinitive ‘doing’]

   Tapasin mieheni taas baarista.

   I caught my husband at the bar again.

   Kun saavuin kotiin, tapasin hänet nukkumasta.

   When I came home, I found him/her asleep.

6. to touch, meet, feel, hit, catch [with illative or partitive or accusative]

   Synonyms: koskea, osua

   Pää tapaa jatkuvasti kattoon, kun se on niin matala.

   My head keeps touching the ceiling since it's so low.

7. (transitive, usually atelic) to touch, fumble

   Synonyms: hapuilla, hamuilla, tavoitella

   Kuulin oudon äänen juuri kun käteni tapasi ovenkahvaa.

   I heard a strange sound just as my hand touched the door handle.

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".