Tuletama

Tuletama is an Estonian verb meaning to remind or to bring something to mind. The core sense is to cause someone to recall a memory or to prompt an association. It can also be used more broadly to evoke thoughts or draw attention to a fact or event. A common fixed expression is meelde tuletama, roughly translated as “to jog someone’s memory” or “to remind of.”

Usage

- It is a transitive verb. The subject performs the reminding and the person who is reminded is typically expressed with a dative form, while the content to be recalled is expressed as the reminder itself. Examples: Ta tuletas mulle meelde, et meil on kohtumine. (He reminded me that we have a meeting.) See foto tuletas mulle lapsepõlve meelde. (That photo brought back my childhood.)

- In formal or written Estonian, tuletama can introduce memories or associations arising from events, phrases, or objects. The related noun meeldetuletus means “a reminder.”

Conjugation and forms

- Like other Estonian verbs, tuletama conjugates regularly. The present tense forms include tuletab (he/she reminds) and tuleta (imperative). Past tense is tuletas. The exact endings vary with person, mood, and voice.

Etymology and related terms

- The word is of Estonian origin. A common noun derived from it is meeldetuletus, meaning “reminder.”

See also

- meeldetuletus (reminder), meelde tuletamine (process of bringing to mind)