jõuan

Jõuan is an Estonian verb form meaning “I arrive” or “I reach.” It is the first-person singular present indicative of jõudma, the verb that expresses arrival or reaching a destination. In everyday Estonian, jõuan is used to indicate the speaker’s arrival at a place or moment.

Conjugation and related forms: Jõuan comes from jõudma. In the present tense the forms are: ma jõuan, sa jõuad, ta jõuab, me jõuame, te jõuate, nad jõuavad. The infinitive is jõudma. Past tense forms include jõudsin (I arrived) and jõudis (he/she arrived). The perfect formed with olema + jõudnud appears as olen jõudnud (I have arrived). Imperative forms are jõua (singular) and jõuage (plural). The participle jõudnud means “arrived.”

Usage: Jõuan denotes the act of reaching a destination and is commonly used with place-defining phrases such as kohale (to arrive somewhere) or with time expressions to indicate future arrival. Examples: Ma jõuan kohale kell kümme. (I will arrive at ten o’clock.) Ma jõuan homme kooli. (I will arrive at school tomorrow.)

See also: jõudma; jõudmine (the noun form meaning “arrival”); other Estonian movement verbs used in similar contexts for comparison.