raamistid

Ramistid is a form of the Estonian verb raamistama, meaning to place a frame around something and, more broadly, to present or configure something in a particular way. It represents the action carried out by a plural subject in the present tense.

The verb raamistama is transitive and can describe both literal framing of physical objects (for example, framing a picture) and metaphorical framing, such as shaping how a story, argument, or situation is presented. In everyday and scholarly usage, raamistid appears in discussions about art, media, communications, and discourse where attention is drawn to the way something is framed or presented to an audience.

Grammatically, raamistid follows the regular patterns of Estonian -da verbs in the present tense, forming the third-person plural form to refer to “they frame.” Like other conjugations, it interacts with its object in sentence structures that express the target of the framing and may use appropriate case forms and, when needed, additional modifiers to describe the context or scope of the framing.

Ramistid is part of standard Estonian vocabulary and is commonly understood across dialects. It is most likely to appear in written contexts such as art criticism, journalism, media studies, and professional writing, as well as in conversational Estonian when speakers discuss how something is framed or presented.

See also: raamistama, raam, framing (concept in media and rhetoric).