Hyphenation: so‧e‧ta
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | sokenen |
| Sg.2 | sokenet |
| Sg.3 | sokenoo |
| Pl.1 | sokenemma |
| Pl.2 | sokenetta |
| Pl.3 | sokenoot; sokenevat; soetaa |
| Impersonal | soetaa |
Imperfect
| Sg.1 | sokenin |
| Sg.2 | sokenit |
| Sg.3 | sokeni |
| Pl.1 | sokenimma |
| Pl.2 | sokenitta |
| Pl.3 | sokeniit; sokenivat; soettii |
| Impersonal | soettii |
Conditional
| Sg.1 | sokenisin |
| Sg.2 | sokenisit; sokeniist |
| Sg.3 | sokenis |
| Pl.1 | sokenisimma |
| Pl.2 | sokenisitta |
| Pl.3 | sokenisiit; sokenisivat; soettais |
| Impersonal | soettais |
Potential
| Sg.1 | soenen |
| Sg.2 | soenet |
| Sg.3 | soenoo |
| Pl.1 | soenemma |
| Pl.2 | soenetta |
| Pl.3 | soenoot |
| Impersonal | soettannoo |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | sokene |
| Sg.3 | soetkoo |
| Pl.2 | soetkaa |
| Pl.3 | soetkoot |
| Impersonal | soettakkoo |
Infinitives
| I Infinitive | soeta |
| II Infinitive, inessive | soetees |
| II Infinitive, instructive | soeten |
| III Infinitive, illative | sokenommaa |
| III Infinitive, inessive | sokenomas |
| III Infinitive, elative | sokenomast |
| III Infinitive, abessive | sokenomata |
| IV Infinitive, nominative | sokenomiin |
| IV Infinitive, partitive | sokenomista; sokenomist |
Participles
| Active Present | sokeneva |
| Passive Present | soettava |
| Active Past | soent; soennut |
| Passive Past | soettu |
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sogët'ak, equivalent to sokkia (“blind”) + -eta. Cognates include Finnish soeta and Veps sogeta. See: Finnish with old forms '
soeta', Veps '
sogeta'.
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