/ˈtulːɑˣ/, [ˈt̪ulːɑ̝(ʔ)]
AlkuperäFrom Proto-Finnic *tuldak (compare Estonian tulema), from Proto-Uralic *tole- (compare Eastern Mari толаш (tolaš), Tundra Nenets тось (tosʹ°)).
* (emphatic future tense marker, auxiliary): Likely Swedish influence, after Swedish komma (att) and bli.
* (to cum, orgasm): Probably a semantic loan from English come.
- intransitiveto come (move nearer)
“Milloin juna tulee?” — When is the train coming?
“Juna tulee Turusta Helsinkiin.” — The train is coming from Turku to Helsinki.
“Tule katsomaan!” — Come look!
- impersonal, intransitive, with-elativeto become, get, go, turn (noun, adjective, participle, etc.)
“Hänestä tuli rikas.” — He became rich.
“Heistä tuli hulluja.” — They became crazy.
- intransitiveto become, get, go, turn with translative (usually an adjective or a participle, only rarely a noun)
“He tulivat hulluiksi.” — They went crazy.
“Huomenna tulee kuluneeksi sata vuotta hänen syntymästään.” — Tomorrow it will be one hundred years since he was born.
- intransitiveto come into, get with illative (enter a state of being)
“tulla humalaan” — to get drunk
- impersonal, intransitive, with-genitiveto have to, be to, should, be supposed to
“Minun tulee tehdä tämä huomiseksi.” — I have to do this by tomorrow.
“Tämä tulee tehdä huomiseksi.” — This has to be done by tomorrow.
- intransitiveA verb used to construct the emphatic future tense; the present tense is usually used instead as a future tense.
“Nimeni on Tapani ja tapani tulette tuntemaan.” — My name is Tapani and you will learn my ways.
- intransitiveUsed to express the passive voice for arbitrary verbs
“Hän tuli valituksi.” — He was chosen.
“Tapa tai tule tapetuksi.” — Kill or be killed.
- intransitiveUsed to express the passive voice, particularly if the action is less definite, or in direct questions; mostly synonymous with the previous use with the translative, however
“Mitä tuli sanottua?” — What did you say?
- intransitiveto happen to do, manage to do (more or less unintentionally), to succeed in doing (more or less unintentionally)
“Hän tuli tehneeksi pahan virheen.” — She managed to make a big mistake.
- intransitive, slangto cum, orgasm
- error-lua-execa Finnish surname
Muodottulen(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · en tule(first-person, indicative, negative, present, singular) · olen tullut(first-person, indicative, perfect, singular) · en ole tullut(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, singular) · tulet(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · et tule(indicative, negative, present, second-person, singular) · olet tullut(indicative, perfect, second-person, singular) · et ole tullut(indicative, negative, perfect, second-person, singular) · tulee(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · ei tule(indicative, negative, present, singular, third-person) · on tullut(indicative, perfect, singular, third-person) · ei ole tullut(indicative, negative, perfect, singular, third-person) · tulemme(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · emme tule(first-person, indicative, negative, plural, present) · olemme tulleet(first-person, indicative, perfect, plural) · emme ole tulleet(first-person, indicative, negative, perfect, plural) · tulette(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · ette tule(indicative, negative, plural, present, second-person) · olette tulleet(indicative, perfect, plural, second-person) · ette ole tulleet(indicative, negative, perfect, plural, second-person)