From Proto-Finnic *elädäk. Cognates include Finnish elää and Hungarian él.
elama (da-infinitive elada)
| indicative | |||||||||
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| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | elan | ei ela | 1st sing. | olen elanud | ei ole elanud pole elanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | elad | 2nd sing. | oled elanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | elab | 3rd sing. | on elanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | elame | 1st plur. | oleme elanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | elate | 2nd plur. | olete elanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | elavad | 3rd plur. | on elanud | ||||||
| passive | elatakse | ei elata | passive | on elatud | ei ole elatud pole elatud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | elasin | ei elanud | 1st sing. | olin elanud | ei olnud elanud polnud elanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | elasid | 2nd sing. | olid elanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | elas | 3rd sing. | oli elanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | elasime | 1st plur. | olime elanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | elasite | 2nd plur. | olite elanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | elasid | 3rd plur. | oli elanud | ||||||
| passive | elati | ei elatud | passive | oli elatud | ei olnud elatud polnud elatud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | elaksin | ei elaks | 1st sing. | elanuksin oleksin elanud |
ei elanuks ei oleks elanud poleks elanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | elaksid | 2nd sing. | elanuksid oleksid elanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | elaks | 3rd sing. | elanuks oleks elanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | elaksime | 1st plur. | elanuksime oleksime elanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | elaksite | 2nd plur. | elanuksite oleksite elanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | elaksid | 3rd plur. | elanuksid oleksid elanud | ||||||
| passive | elataks | ei elataks | passive | oleks elatud | ei oleks elatud poleks elatud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | ela | ära ela | 2nd sing. | ole elanud | ära ole elanud | ||||
| 3rd sing. | elagu | ärgu elagu | 3rd sing. | olgu elanud | ärgu olgu elanud | ||||
| 1st plur. | elagem | ärme elame ärme ela ärgem elagem |
1st plur. | olgem elanud | ärme oleme elanud ärme ole elanud ärgem olgem elanud | ||||
| 2nd plur. | elage | ärge elage | 2nd plur. | olge elanud | ärge olge elanud | ||||
| 3rd plur. | elagu | ärgu elagu | 3rd plur. | olgu elanud | ärgu olgu elanud | ||||
| passive | elatagu | ärgu elatagu | passive | olgu elatud | ärgu olgu elatud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | elavat | ei elavat | active | olevat elanud | ei olevat elanud polevat elanud | ||||
| passive | elatavat | ei elatavat | passive | olevat elatud | ei olevat elatud polevat elatud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | elama | elatama | nominative | elada | olla elanud | ||||
| illative | — | inessive | elades | olles elanud | |||||
| inessive | elamas | participle | active | passive | |||||
| elative | elamast | present | elav | elatav | |||||
| translative | elamaks | past | elanud | elatud | |||||
| abessive | elamata | negative | elamatu | — | |||||