lauseosadeks
Lauseosadeks is a term used in Estonian grammar to describe the division of a sentence into its clause elements. The base word lauseosa means a clause or a clause component, and the form lauseosadeks is the translative case used to express “into clauses” or “as clauses” when describing the result of segmentation or labeling parts of a sentence as clause units.
In syntactic analysis and language teaching, sentences are often analyzed by breaking them down into lauseosad.
Consider the complex sentence: "Kui ta tuleb, lähen ma koju." It consists of two clauses: the subordinate
Relation to teaching and reference works
The concept appears mainly in formal grammar descriptions and language-learning materials. It is less common in
Lause, Lauseosa, Lauseosad, Sõnaliigid, Sidesõnade jaotused.