kaotasid

Kaotasid is an Estonian verb form functioning as the past tense of the verb kaotama, meaning to lose. It can be translated roughly as "you lost" when the subject is the second-person singular, or as "they lost" when the subject is the third-person plural; the exact subject depends on the sentence context. The form appears in sentences where the subject is either you (singular) or they; it is not used with other persons in its base form.

In usage, kaotama covers both physical loss (misplacing an object) and more abstract losses (time, opportunities, chances). The past tense kaotasid is commonly found in everyday speech and writing when indicating that someone has lost something or gone lost. Examples include "Sa kaotasid võtmed" (You lost the keys) and "Nad kaotasid tee" (They lost their way). The tense form helps situate events in the past within a narrative or report.

Etymology and related forms: kaotasid is derived from kaotama, the verb meaning to lose. Related nouns include kaotus (loss) and related verbal forms such as kaotama itself and other conjugations for different subjects and tenses.

See also: kaotus, kaotama. These entries provide the broader semantic field around the action of losing and its linguistic forms in Estonian.