No. 592 in Finnish
nähdä
"To see"
In a sentence
Näen lintujen lentävän taivaalla.
I see birds flying in the sky.
Expressing the act of perceiving with one's eyes.
Haluaisin nähdä elokuvan illalla.
I would like to see a movie tonight.
Expressing the desire to watch a visual presentation.
Tätä täytyy nähdä uskoakseen.
You have to see this to believe it.
Used in a metaphorical sense to imply experiencing something directly for understanding or belief.
Haluan nähdä maailman.
I want to see the world.
Here, the verb 'nähdä' is used to express the desire to visually perceive or explore something, in this case, the world.
Näin kauniin linnun tänään.
I saw a beautiful bird today.
In this sentence, the verb 'nähdä' is in the past tense ("näin") to indicate the act of seeing that occurred in the past.
Voinko nähdä lukujärjestyksen?
Can I see the schedule?
The verb 'nähdä' is used to ask permission to visually perceive something, here the schedule.
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