jõuame

Jõuame is the first-person plural present tense form of the Estonian verb jõudma, meaning to reach or to arrive. It is used to describe the act of moving toward a destination or achieving a goal, and can be applied to both literal journeys and figurative progress.

The verb jõudma is native to Estonian and belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family. It commonly collocates with direction-oriented phrases such as kohale (to arrive at), siia (to here), või vastu (toward), and is used in everyday speech to indicate arrival or progress.

Usage notes: Jõuame is often paired with time or place expressions to specify when or where the arrival occurs, for example, Me jõuame kohale kell kaheksa (We will arrive at eight o’clock) or Me jõuame siia homme (We will arrive here tomorrow). Like other Estonian verbs, jõudma has related forms in other tenses and aspects, including ma jõuan (I reach) and jõudsin (I arrived), and the past participle jõudnud (having arrived).

Conjugation (present indicative) of jõudma in the common Estonian forms is:

ma jõuan, sa jõuad, ta jõuab, me jõuame, te jõuate, nad jõuavad.

See also: jõud (strength or power), which is a related but etymologically distinct noun in Estonian, and other verb forms derived from jõudma.

Overall, jõuame functions as a versatile verb for expressing arrival, progress, or attainment in both practical and figurative contexts.