teisendas

Teisendas is an Estonian verb form that represents the past tense, third-person singular of the verb teisendada, which means to translate or to convert. It is used in narrative or reporting contexts to indicate that someone completed a translation or transformation in the past. As a finite verb, teisendas agrees with the subject in person and number and appears in sentences describing completed translation actions.

Usage and examples:

- Ta teisendas artikli inglise keelde. (He translated the article into English.)

- Ajakiri kirjutas, et ta teisendas dokumendi enne avaldamist. (The magazine wrote that he translated the document before publication.)

Related forms:

- teisendab, the present tense, third-person singular: “Ta teisendab teksti iga päev.” (He translates the text every day.)

- teisenda, the imperative: used to instruct someone to translate.

- teisendanud, the past participle: used in compound tenses to indicate having translated, as in “on teisendanud teksti” (has translated the text).

Notes:

Teisendas is part of a family of related forms derived from teisendada, a verb commonly used to describe translation, adaptation, or conversion processes in Estonian. Its usage aligns with standard Estonian verb conjugation patterns for finite verbs.