Jätkamisest

Jätkamisest is an Estonian noun form derived from the verb etymology of jätkamine, meaning continuation or the act of continuing. In grammar, jätkamisest is the elative case of the noun jätkamine, indicating movement from or about the continuation. In practice, it is most commonly used to express topics or sources related to continuing actions, rather than a physical origin.

Etymology and grammar: The base noun is jätkamine (continuation). Forming the elative involves adding the -st ending to the genitive stem, yielding jätkamisest. Like other elative phrases in Estonian, jätkamisest typically denotes “from the continuation” or, more often in discourse, “about the continuation” or “concerning continuation.” It is frequently found after verbs of speaking, thinking, or writing that take a topic or content as their object, such as rääkima, arutama, käsitlema.

Usage: Jätkamisest appears in formal and informal registers to reference ongoing processes or the idea of continuing something. Examples include sentences such as Ma rääkisin jätkamisest (I talked about continuation), Arutelu jätkamisest kestis kaks tundi (The discussion about continuation lasted two hours), and Ta kirjutas artikli jätkamisest (He wrote an article about continuation). In many contexts, speakers may prefer alternative constructions like jätkamise teemal (on the topic of continuation) or jätkamine kui teema (continuation as a topic), depending on style and emphasis.

See also: jätkamine, continuation; jätkamine on põhiline root word, from which jätkamisest is derived. The elative form is one of several case forms used to express relatedness, topic, or source in Estonian grammar.