kahtlustaksin

kahtlustaksin is an Estonian verb, the first-person singular conditional past of the verb kahtlustama. Kahtlustama translates to "to suspect" or "to doubt" in English. Therefore, kahtlustaksin means "I would have suspected" or "I would have doubted." It is used to express a hypothetical past suspicion or doubt that did not materialize or was not acted upon. For instance, one might say "Ma kahtlustaksin, et ta valetab" which translates to "I would have suspected that he is lying," implying that while a suspicion existed, it was not a certainty. The conditional past tense in Estonian is formed by using the past tense of the verb and adding the conditional suffix "-ks" to the verb stem, followed by the personal ending. In this case, kahtlustasin is the first-person singular past tense of kahtlustama, and adding "-k" creates kahtlustaks, which is then inflected for the first person singular with the ending "-in" to form kahtlustaksin. This grammatical structure allows for nuanced expression of past uncertainty or hypothetical scenarios.