Täheldasime

Täheldasime is the Estonian verb form meaning “we noticed” or “we detected.” It is the first-person plural past tense form of the verb täheldama, which means to notice, perceive, or detect something. The form is used when the subject of the sentence is a group that includes the speaker and the action occurred in the past.

Morphology and usage: täheldasime is built from the verb stem tähelda- with the suffix -sime that marks the 1st person plural past tense. In Estonian, this form signals that the observation was made by the speaker together with others. The verb täheldama belongs to the class of perception verbs and is often employed in more formal, analytic, or reporting contexts where careful observation is being described, as opposed to casual noticing.

Context and nuance: tāheldama conveys a sense of deliberate or careful observation, sometimes implying that the observation was based on examination or analysis. It can appear in scientific reporting, news writing, or narrative passages that aim to describe what a group observed during a period of time. The word is closely related to the noun täheldus, meaning detection or perception, and to other forms of the same verb family such as täheldas, täheldasid, and täheldab.

Example: Me täheldasime temperatuuri tõusu paradigma jooksul. A more common clear sentence would be: Me täheldasime temperatuuri tõusu. Täheldasime is thus a standard past-tense form suitable for formal or factual narration.