Täiendavateks

Täiendavateks is an Estonian linguistic form: the translative plural form of the adjective täiendav, meaning additional or supplementary. It is used to designate something that is intended to function as an addition to something else, typically in formal or technical language.

In Estonian grammar, adjectives agree with the nouns they modify in number and case. When describing multiple nouns in the translative case, the form täiendavateks is used. The translative case often expresses designation or change into a state. For example: "Need on täiendavateks osadeks" meaning "These are to be used as supplementary parts," and "eelarve täiendavateks kuludeks" meaning "the budget for additional costs."

Usage and context: Täiendavateks commonly appears in budgeting, procurement, project planning, inventories, and regulatory or policy documents. It functions to label items, categories, or roles that are considered additions or supplements to an existing set of elements.

Relation to related forms: The base adjective täiendav can appear in various cases and numbers, and its adverbial form is täiendavalt. The translative plural form täiendavateks contrasts with other case forms to express a shift or designation toward adding components or costs.

Limitations: Täiendavateks is more typical in formal or written Estonian. In everyday speech, speakers may use simpler constructions like "lisatavad osad" or "lisakulud" rather than the translative plural form.

See also: täiendav, translatiivne käänamine, Estonian grammar.