tegusõmuvormid

Tegusõmuvormid refers to the various inflected forms a verb can take in the Estonian language. These forms are primarily determined by tense, mood, voice, person, and number. Estonian verbs conjugate to indicate when an action occurred (tense), the speaker's attitude towards the action (mood), whether the subject performs the action or is acted upon (voice), who is performing the action (person), and how many are performing it (number).

The most common tenses are present and past, with distinct endings for each. Moods include indicative, imperative, conditional, and potential. Voice is typically active, though a passive voice can be formed. Person is first, second, and third, and number is singular and plural. For example, the verb "tegema" (to do/make) has different forms like "teen" (I do, present tense, first person singular), "tegi" (he/she/it did, past tense, third person singular), and "teeme" (we do, present tense, first person plural). Understanding these forms is crucial for correct Estonian grammar and sentence construction.