Vaatate

Vaatate is the present tense, second-person plural form of the Estonian verb vaatama, which means to look, watch, or view. In ordinary usage, vaatama covers seeing and observing things, including watching films, looking at objects, or surveying scenes. The form vaatate signals that the action is being performed by you all.

Morphology and usage

Vaatate is formed from the verb stem vaat- plus the infinitive suffix -ma, with the second-person plural present-tense ending -te. In Estonian, the subject pronoun te is often omitted when the verb form already indicates the person and number, but te vaatate can be used for emphasis or clarity. The form is appropriate in informal, formal, and written contexts when addressing multiple people.

Examples

Te vaatate seda filmi. You (you all) are watching this film.

Vaatate pilti ja arutate, mida näete. You look at the picture and discuss what you see.

Notes

Vaatate should not be confused with singular forms such as vaatan (I look) or vaatad (you look, singular). Like other Estonian verbs, vaatama belongs to the group of -ama verbs and shares its basic conjugation pattern across persons.

See also

Vaatama, Estonian grammar, Estonian verbs.