Koristame

Koristame is the Estonian verb form meaning “we clean.” It is the first-person plural present indicative of the verb koristama, which means to clean, tidy, or sweep. As a common-form verb in everyday speech, koristame appears in statements describing cleaning activities carried out by the speaker together with others.

In Estonian, koristama is a regular -ama verb. Its present tense forms use the standard subject endings, with “me” (we) producing the form koristame. Other present-tense forms include koristan (I clean), koristad (you clean), koristab (he/she cleans), koristate (you all clean), and koristavad (they clean). The verb can take direct objects such as a room, house, or other spaces, for example: Me koristame maja iga nädal (We clean the house every week).

Koristama belongs to a common semantic field around housekeeping and cleaning tasks. It is frequently used in everyday conversation, professional cleaning contexts, and written Estonian. The related noun koristus denotes the act or state of cleaning, while koristusotsused or koristusteadus may appear in more specialized or compound terms.

Phonology and morphology are typical for Estonian -ama verbs, with the stem korista- and the present-tense suffix -me for the 1st person plural. The form is productive and widely understood across dialects of Estonian.

See also: koristama, koristus, koristas, koristus.