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katsoitte
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(transitive + partitive) to look, have a look, take a look (+ at) Fin:Katsoin sitä.Eng:I looked at it. (transitive + accusative) to watch Fin:Katsoin elokuvaa. (incomplete action)I was watching a movie.Eng:Fin:Katsoin elokuvan. (completed action)I watched a movie.Eng: (transitive + accusative or partitive) to choose, look for Fin:Katson itselleni uutta kotia.Eng:I'm looking for a new home for myself. (intransitive) to see (to determine by trial or experiment; to find out) Fin:Tulen käymään myöhemmin ja katson, osaanko korjata tietokoneesi.Eng:I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.Fin:Katsotaan, toimisiko tämä.Eng:Let's see if this would work. (intransitive + translative) to see as, to deem as, to regard as, to perceive as Fin:Katson parhaaksi poistua paikalta.Eng:I regard it as best to leave. Show more arrow right Katsoa expresses more attentive watching than katsella.The second-person singular imperative "katso!" is a false friend of the Italian word cazzo. Show more arrow right Nouns katsekatsoja Verbs katsahtaakatsastaakatsella katsoa vierestä katsoa perään (“to look after”) Show more arrow right From Proto-Finnic kaccodak. Cognate to Estonian katsuma. Uncertain etymologies from Proto-Germanic ganhatjaną (compare Icelandic gæta (“watch over, look after”)) and Proto-Finno-Permic kaće- (compare Komi-Zyrian казявны (kazjavny)). Show more arrow right
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