küpsetad

Küpsetad is the second-person singular present tense form of the Estonian verb küpsetama, meaning to bake. It translates to “you bake” or “you are baking,” depending on the context. The form is used when addressing one person informally and indicates that the listener performs the action of baking.

Morphology and grammar: Küpsetad is created from the verb stem küpseta- with the present-tense suffix -d, following standard Estonian conjugation patterns for the second person singular. It is a verb form, not a noun, and therefore does not carry gender agreement. In sentences, it typically appears with a direct object, such as bread or cake, to specify what is being baked.

Usage: The form occurs in everyday speech, recipes, and instructional texts. Examples include “Sa küpsetad saia” (You bake bread) or “Sa küpsetad kooki” (You bake a cake). It can also appear in questions or imperatives within a broader context of cooking or baking tasks. It is important to distinguish küpsetad from the past participle küpsetatud, which means “baked” and functions as an adjective or part of passive constructions.

Related forms and derivatives: The infinitive is küpsetama. Related nouns include küpsetamine (baking) and küpsetatud (baked). Other persons in the present tense include ma küpsetan (I bake), ta küpsetab (he/she bakes), and me küpsetame (we bake). These forms share the same stem and general meaning centered on the act of baking.