Kaasasid

Kaasasid is a grammatical form in Estonian. It is the third-person plural past tense of the verb kaasama, meaning to accompany or to bring along. It is used to indicate that multiple subjects performed the action of accompanying someone or something in the past.

Morphology and etymology: The verb kaasama consists of the root kaas- with the infinitive ending -ma. The past tense plural suffix is -sid, yielding kaasasid for the past tense of “they accompanied.” The form typically co-occurs with a direct object in the accusative (for example mind) to specify who was accompanied.

Usage: In narrative prose, kaasasid is used to describe actions by a group that accompanied someone or something in the past. Example: Nad kaasasid mind. Translation: They accompanied me. The exact sense—whether the accompaniment was to a place, an event, or merely moving together in a moment of time—depends on the broader context and any accompanying phrases. Kaasasid can appear in various sentence constructions where the subject is plural and the action is completed in the past tense.

See also: kaasama, related Estonian verb forms, and general Estonian verb conjugation patterns.