pitää puhe

Finnish

Etymology

Literally, "to keep a speech".

Verb

pitää puhe

  1. To speak, to give a speech, to deliver a speech, to address an audience (to deliver a message to a group).
    • Tänä iltana pidän puheen englanninkielen oikeista ilmauksista.
      • This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage.

Usage notes

The expression pitää puhe is regarded as more formal than plain puhua.

Conjugation

See pitää. puhe is normally in accusative case, which appears as nominative or genitive depending on the context, but it is inflected in partitive case for negative or to express an ongoing or incomplete action.

Synonyms

See also

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