Taastamas

Taastamas is the present active participle of the Estonian verb taastama, meaning “to restore” or “to rebuild.” It denotes an ongoing restoration action and functions as a non-finite verb form used in descriptive clauses and attributive phrases. The form is created by adding the suffix -mas to the verb stem taasta- (from taastama).

As a present active participle, taastamas can modify a noun or appear in participial clauses to convey that restoration work is underway. It is most common in formal or technical language and in contexts involving cultural heritage restoration, construction projects, or data restoration. In everyday language, similar ideas are often expressed with finite verb forms or with related non-finite nouns such as taastamine (restoration) or adjectives like taastatav (to be restored).

Taastamas coexists with related forms that express different aspects of restoration. The past passive participle taastatud means “restored,” while taastatav describes something that can be restored. These forms together illustrate Estonian’s system of non-finite and finite verb forms used to convey aspect and temporality in restoration-related discourse.

See also

taastama, taastatud, taastatav, taastamine.