tänases

Tänases is the inessive singular form of the Estonian adjective tänane, meaning "today's" or "of today". It is used to indicate that something belongs to or takes place within the temporal frame of the current day, typically appearing in constructions that translate as "in today's ..." (for example, tänases lehes — "in today's newspaper").

Linguistic features: tänane is formed from the adverb täna ("today") with the adjectival suffix -ne. As an Estonian adjective, it agrees with the noun it modifies in case and number; tänases specifically marks the inessive case (location in time/space). Common related forms include nominative tänane, genitive tänase, partitive tänast and elative tänasest. Pronunciation: [ˈtænɑnes].

Usage: tänases is frequent in journalism, conversation and formal writing when referring to events, publications or broadcasts of the present day (e.g., tänases saates — "in today's program", tänases artiklis — "in today's article"). It can also appear in idiomatic or elliptical phrases where the noun is understood from context.

Etymology and comparison: the word derives from täna + -ne and corresponds in function to English "today's". Similar temporal adjectives in Estonian include eile ("yesterday") → eilne and homne ("tomorrow") → homne, which follow the same declension pattern.