koolitööl

Koolitööl is the adessive singular form of the Estonian noun koolitöö, meaning school work or educational tasks. As a grammatical form, it indicates location or context and roughly translates to “on school work” or “during school work.” It is not a separate lexical item; rather, it is a case form used within sentences to specify the setting or context of an action.

Koolitöö is a compound of kool- (school) and töö (work). The adessive suffix -l marks location or context in the singular; the corresponding plural form is koolitöödel.

In usage, koolitööl appears in contexts where the action takes place within the frame of school work or is described against the backdrop of school tasks. It is most common in written Estonian, grammar descriptions, and formal language; in everyday speech speakers more often use alternative constructions such as koolitöö ajal (during school work) or refer to koolitöö without a case form.

See also: Estonian grammar; Adessive case.