These two groups form their inflectional stem by adding -e- to the
infinitive.
Infinitive First person sing. Third person sing.
nous/ta rise nouse/n I rise nouse/e he rises
pes/tä wash pese/n pese/e
Saa/da verbs have only an infinitive stem.
The inflectional stem of nous/ta and tul/la verbs is formed by adding -
e- to the infinitive stem.
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Infinitive First person sing. Third person sing.
tul/la come tule/n tule/e
men/nä go mene/n mene/e
hymyil/lä smile hymyile/n hymyile/e
+ajatel/la think ajattele/n ajattele/e
kiistel/lä dispute kiistele/n kiistele/e
+työskennel/lä work työskentele/n työskentele/e
julkais/ta publish julkaise/n julkaise/e
In these verbs too, consonant gradation occurs in the infinitive stem (§15.4),
e.g. ajatel/la ‘(to) think’ : ajattele/n ‘I think’.
