/ˈmenːæˣ/, [ˈme̞nːæ(ʔ)]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *mendäk (compare Estonian minema, Karelian männä), from Proto-Uralic *mene- (compare Northern Sami mannat, Eastern Mari мияш (mijaš), Komi-Zyrian мунны (munny), Northern Mansi минуӈкве (minuňkve), Hungarian megy (men-), Tundra Nenets минзь (myinzʹ°)).
- intransitiveto go with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’ (move away from a point of reference)
“mennä nukkumaan” — to go to sleep, go to bed
“mennä liian pitkälle” — to go too far
“mennä kalastamaan järvelle” — to go to fish at the lake
- intransitiveto go, extend
“Tie menee pellolle saakka.” — The road goes up to the field.
- intransitiveto go, lead (of a path, etc.)
“Polku menee talon ohi.” — The path goes by the house.
- intransitiveto go, turn out, proceed
“Sehän meni ihan hyvin.” — That actually went quite well.
“Minulla menee ihan hyvin.” — I'm doing quite well. / Things are going quite well for me.
- intransitiveto go, enter, get, begin, start (of direction or state) with illative; or (what something or someone becomes, e.g. adjectives) with translative; or with adverb (general verb for describing entering some kind of state)
“mennä töihin” — to go to work, enter the workforce
“mennä myyntiin” — to go on sale
“mennä lakkoon” — to go on strike
- impersonal, intransitive, with-illativeto be spent; take, pass, spend, go (time, resources, etc.) (see usage notes)
“Hyllyn kokoamiseen meni tunnin verran.” — Assembling the shelf took an hour.
“Siihen olisi voinut mennä kaksikin tuntia.” — It could've taken two hours.
- intransitiveto go (and do) with illative of third infinitive (do an action, implying that someone should be criticized for doing it)
“Miksi sinä menit sellaista tekemään?” — Why did you go and do that?
- intransitiveto go, fit
“Montako litraa siihen menee?” — How many litres can you fit in it?
- intransitiveto go (be expressed or composed in a certain way, e.g. of the words in a song)
- colloquial, intransitiveto do, be good enough
- informal, intransitiveto sell
Muodotmenen(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · en mene(first-person, indicative, negative, present, singular) · olen mennyt(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · en ole mennyt(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, singular) · menet(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · et mene(indicative, negative, present, second-person, singular) · olet mennyt(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular) · et ole mennyt(indicative, negative, perfect, second-person, singular) · menee(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · ei mene(indicative, negative, present, singular, third-person) · on mennyt(indicative, perfect, singular, third-person) · ei ole mennyt(indicative, negative, perfect, singular, third-person) · menemme(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · emme mene(first-person, indicative, negative, plural, present) · olemme menneet(first-person, indicative, perfect, plural) · emme ole menneet(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, plural) · menette(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · ette mene(indicative, negative, plural, present, second-person) · olette menneet(indicative, perfect, plural, second-person) · ette ole menneet(indicative, negative, perfect, plural, second-person)