Nukkua

Nukkua is a Finnish verb meaning to sleep. It is a common basic verb used to describe sleeping and general rest. The infinitive form is nukkua, and the verb appears in everyday speech, health and routine contexts, and literary language. A typical usage is to refer to sleeping in the present, past, or in completed actions such as having slept.

Nukkua is a regular Finnish verb of the first conjugation class. Present tense forms are minä nukun, sinä nukut, hän nukkuu, me nukumme, te nukutte, he nukkuvat. The imperfect (past) forms are minä nukuin, sinä nukuit, hän nukkui, me nukuimme, te nukuitte, he nukkuivat. The perfect form uses the auxiliary olla plus the past participle: olen nukkunut, olet nukkunut, on nukkunut, olemme nukuneet, olette nukuneet, ovat nukuneet. The imperative singular is nuku, and the negative forms include en nuku (I do not sleep) and et nuku (you do not sleep). The verb can also appear in participle forms such as nukkua (infinitive) and nukkuva (present participle).

Common expressions include nukkua läpi yön (to sleep through the night) and nukkua pois (to sleep away a time or an illness). The related noun forms include nukkumis- (the act of sleeping) and nukkuminen (sleeping in general). Nukkua is contrasted with nukahtaa, which specifically means to fall asleep.

Nukkua is a core verb in Finnish, frequently taught to learners as essential vocabulary for describing daily routines and health.