Jutustasin

Jutustasin is the first-person singular past tense form of the Estonian verb jutustama, meaning to tell a story or narrate. It translates to “I told (a story)” or “I narrated” and is used to describe a completed act of narration in the past.

Function and usage: Jutustasin marks a completed action in the past and agrees with the subject ma (I). It appears in ordinary speech and writing, including narratives, memoirs, and reports. The object of narration can follow the verb (for example, a specific story or content being narrated), but the form itself also stands as a complete predicate when the context makes the object implicit.

Etymology and related forms: The verb jutustama is derived from the related noun/jutt meaning a tale or talk, with the noun jutustus referring to a narrative or story. Related verb forms include present tense forms such as jutustan (I narrate) and other past tense forms: jutustasid (you narrated), jutustas (he/she narrated), jutustasime (we narrated), jutustasite (you all narrated), and jutustasid (they narrated). The form jutustasin fits within the standard Estonian verb conjugation pattern for past tense with first-person singular subject.

See also: Estonian language; Jutustama; Jutt; Jutustus; Estonian verbs and tense.

Notes: Jutustasin is a grammatical inflection rather than a separate lexical entry in everyday use, serving as a key example of how Estonian marks past narration from the verb root related to storytelling.