lõpetas

Lõpetas is a finite verb form in Estonian. It is the third-person singular past tense of the verb lõpetama, which means to finish or to complete. The form is used to indicate that a subject completed an action in the past, often with an object.

Examples of its use include: Ta lõpetas kooli. (He finished school.) Ta lõpetas töö õhtul. (He finished the work in the evening.) Ta lõpetas ülikooli. (He finished university.) These sentences show how lõpetas denotes a completed action and typically accompanies a time reference such as eile (yesterday) or hiljuti (recently) to situate the event in the past.

Grammatical notes about lõpetas: as the past tense form, it agrees with the subject in number and person and is used when speaking about something that has already been completed. It is derived from the infinitive lõpetama (to finish), and belongs to the same verb family that expresses completed actions or conclusions of tasks, projects, studies, or other activities.

Origin and meaning: the verb lõpetama literally conveys bringing something to an end, and lõpetas is the past-tense form that states that this ending action occurred. The broader verb family also includes other tenses and forms, such as the present tense lõpetab and the infinitive lõpetama, used in different grammatical contexts.

See also: lõpetama, lõpp.