Tarttuu

Tarttuu is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Finnish verb tarttua, which means to grip, seize, or cling to something, and can also be used in a broader sense of sticking or attaching. As a common everyday verb, tarttua covers both physical actions (grabbing an object) and more figurative senses of adherence or attachment.

In Finnish, tarttua is conjugated across persons and numbers in present tense as tarttun, tarttut, tarttuu, tartumme, tarttutte, tarttuvat. The present form tarttuu specifically corresponds to the subject hän or se. Other significant forms include tarttui (past), tarttuva (present participle or adjective form), and tarttunut (past participle: having grabbed or attached). These related forms are used to build more complex verb phrases and compound tenses.

Common usage examples include:

- Hän tarttuu kahvaan. (He/She grabs the handle.)

- Lumi tarttuu kengän pohjiin. (Snow sticks to the soles.)

Tarttua can also be used with different case-marked complements to express what is being held, clung to, or adhered to. In addition to physical grabbing, the verb can appear in figurative contexts where something is taken hold of or becomes attached, often in combination with its related forms.

See also: tarttua, the base verb from which tarttuu and other forms are derived.