passive Archives - Uusi kielemme

Conversation Prompts – Passive sentences – Mitä tehdään…?

December 13, 2022

Practice the passive tense with these questions! This article contains conversation prompts which allow you to make passive sentences.

Passive Perfect Tense – On tehty “has been done”

November 28, 2022

Verb Tenses and Moods

Learn more about when to use and how to conjugate verbs in the passive perfect tense, such as "on tehty", "on käyty" and "on osattu"!

Past passive object sentence examples

June 20, 2022

Vocabulary Phrases

Learn more about past passive object phrases such as "Hänet kuljetettiin" (He was transported) and "Hänet kannettiin (He was carried)!

The Past Passive – Passiivin Imperfekti

February 20, 2022

Verb Tenses and Moods

The passive imperfect or past passive is formed using the present passive as a stem. You use it in the same situations as the present passive.

Negative Present Passive – Passiivi

February 17, 2022

Verbtypes

After learning the "normal" present passive, it's time to look at the negative present passive! Learn how to form and use this form correctly!

The Passive – Present Passive

February 17, 2022

Verb Tenses and Moods

The present passive is used in many different situations. Learn when you need the passive and how to conjugate verbs in it!

The Passive Past Participle – TU-partisiippi

April 29, 2021

Participles

Tehty, menty, syöty and siivottu are examples of the passive past participle. They all have the -TU marker in common. Learn how to use and form it now!

The Passive Conditional – Tehtäisiin / Tehtäis

March 31, 2021

Verb Tenses and Moods

The passive conditional is pretty rarely used in written language, but it has its place in the spoken language me-passive (first person plural). Learn more!

Verbtype 1 – Conjugation – All Tenses and Moods

November 18, 2019

Verbtypes

Verbtype 1 is usually the first verbtype you learn. On this page you can find information about how verb type 1 verbs are conjugated in Finnish.

Spoken Language Passive Overview

September 3, 2019

Verb Tenses and Moods

Consider the following: me mennään, me mentiin, me ollaan menty, me mentäisiin, and me oltais menty. This spoken language passive overview goes over these forms.