Võõrana
Võõrana is an Estonian grammatical form used to indicate that someone is acting in the role of a stranger or outsider in a specific context. The word is formed from võõras, meaning “stranger” or “foreigner,” with the suffix -na, which in Estonian commonly creates a role or state expressed as a noun phrase (for example õpetajana “as a teacher”). Thus võõrana literally means “as a stranger.”
Usage and nuance: Võõrana is typically used in descriptive or narrative prose to mark perspective or social
Examples: Ta tuli võõrana üritusele, kus ta esitas end kui võõras. The form can also appear in
See also: võõras, võõrasus, võõranägu. Võõrana is a stylistic and relatively formal device in Estonian, most