Unustamisega

Unustamisega is a Estonian noun phrase that literally translates to "with forgetting" or "through forgetting". It is formed from the verb unustada, meaning "to forget", combined with the instrumental case suffix –ga, which marks a manner or means of an action. In everyday Estonian usage, the phrase can serve as a prepositional modifier to indicate that an effect or result occurs as a consequence of forgetting. For example, a sentence such as “Mäletasime sündmusi unustamisega” could be rendered in English as “We remembered the events through forgetting.”

The linguistic construction illustrates typical Estonian case morphology, where instrumental case is employed to express means or instrumentality. The phrase does not appear as a fixed idiom in Estonian speech but can be found in literary or philosophical contexts, where authors reflect on memory loss, amnesia or the symbolic act of deliberately forgetting as a form of catharsis. In historical texts, variations of the word, such as “unustustega”, may be used interchangeably to describe actions performed while neglecting or overlooking detail.

In modern Estonian discourse, the concept of unustamisega is relevant to cognitive psychology, education, and therapeutic practices where deliberate forgetting or selective memory suppression is studied. Academic papers may employ the term to discuss strategies for memory consolidation and the role of forgetting in learning processes. Although not widespread, the phrase encapsulates the cultural recognition that forgetting can be an active, intentional mode of operation that influences perception, behavior and the construction of personal narratives.