Mõjustavad

Mõjustavad is Estonian for “they affect” or “they influence.” It is the third-person plural present tense form of the verb mõjustama, which means to affect or influence. The word is commonly used to describe how information, events, or actions have an impact on people, opinions, or situations. For example, Need uudised mõjustavad mind (These news affect me) and Need otsused mõjustavad ühiskonda (These decisions influence society).

As a basic verb form, mõjustama participates in everyday and formal discourse, including journalism, politics, and social science, to indicate causal or consequential impact. Its use often implies a measurable or noticeable effect, though the degree of impact may be described with adjectives or adverbs.

Mõjustav is the related active participle adjective meaning “affecting” or “emotional/impressive.” It is used to describe something that has a noticeable impact on emotions or opinions, for example, mõjus film (an affecting film) or mõjusad sõnad (moving words). The distinction is that mõjustav describes the characteristic of something, whereas mõjustavad expresses an action performed by a plural subject.

Etymology traces mõjustama to the Estonian root mõju, meaning influence or impact, with standard verb-forming suffixes. In usage, synonymous expressions include avaldama mõju, mõjutama, and having mõju.