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| pitää |
| 1. v. To like, be fond of. |
| Minä pidän appelsiineista. |
| I like oranges. |
| ~ + elative enemmän (kuin + elative) = to prefer something (to something), be fonder of something than of something. |
| Pidän omenoista enemmän kuin appelsiineista. |
| : I prefer apples to oranges. |
| 2. v. To consider (to be), to assess, to see as |
| Minä pidän ihmisiä vihamielisinä |
| I consider people to be hostile. |
| 3. v. genitive + 3rd-pers. singular + infinitive = to have (to do); (in conditional mood) should (do), ought (to do), be supposed (to do), would have (to do). |
| Sinun pitää mennä töihin. |
| You have to go to work. |
| Meidän pitäisi mennä töihin. |
| We should go to work. |
| 4. v. To hold, grasp, grip. |
| Minä voin pitää laukkuasi. |
| I can hold your bag. |
| 5. v. To hold onto. |
| Minä voin pitää laukustasi kiinni. |
| I can hold onto your bag. |
| 6. v. To keep, take. |
| Pidän tämän sisiliskon. |
| I will keep this lizard. |
| 7. v. To keep (an animal). |
| Korkeasaaressa pidetään monenlaisia eläimiä. |
| Many types of animals are kept in Korkeasaari Zoo. |
| 8. v. Used in very many collocations with nouns, translated often into engage in, have, do, transact, pursue, conduct, carry out keep up, maintain, lead/teach etc. |
| Hän piti kuulustelua syytetylle. |
| S/he was conducting an interrogation of the accused. |
| Pidän SAP-kurssia. |
| I teach a SAP course. |
