Jäljendas

Jäljendas is an Estonian verb form meaning “imitated” or “replicated.” It is the third-person singular past tense of the verb jäljendada, which means to imitate, copy, represent, or reproduce. As a finite verb form, jäljendas appears in sentences to indicate that a subject performed imitation in the past.

In terms of grammar, jäljendas is a conjugated form of the infinitive jäljendada. The infinitive describes the action in general, while jäljendas specifies that someone imitated someone or something in a completed past action. The form agrees with a singular third-person subject (ta) and does not itself function as a standalone noun.

Usage notes include that jäljendas is commonly used in narrative or descriptive writing when recounting performances, impersonations, or stylistic borrowings. It can describe actions such as a performer mimicking another person, an artist copying a style, or a narrator recounting how someone replicated a behavior or work in the past. The sense can range from exact copying to stylistic imitation.

Related terms in Estonian include jälgend (rarely used as a noun for an imitation) and the noun jäljend, which means an imitation, portrait, or replica, while the verb noun forms jäljendamine (the act of imitating) and jäljend (an imitation). See also the broader concepts of copying and representation.

In sum, jäljendas is a common past-tense verb form used to denote that someone imitated something in the past, and it is part of a family of terms around imitation and representation in Estonian.