Finnish Word of the Day
haluta
/HA-lu-ta/ • verb — 24th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to want; to desire
Examples
- Haluan lähteä nyt.
(I want to leave now.) - Haluatko teetä vai mehua?
(Do you want tea or juice?) - Hän halusi nähdä elokuvan.
(He/she wanted to see a movie.)
Synonyms
- tahtoa
- toivoa
Haluta is the common verb for wanting or desiring something or to do something. It is direct — for polite requests Finns often use the conditional form haluaisin (I would like) or Haluaisitko (Would you like...) instead of a blunt haluan. Common present forms: haluan (I want), haluat (you want), hän haluaa (he/she wants). When asking for an unspecified amount of something, the item often appears in the partitive (e.g. haluan omenaa).
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