tõusime

Tõusime is an Estonian verb form derived from tõusta, meaning to rise, to get up, or to ascend. It is the first-person plural past tense, used to indicate that the speaker and others rose or got up in the past. The infinitive is tõusta, and the present-tense first-person plural form is tõuseme.

Usage and nuance: Tõusime is used in narrative and everyday speech when referring to a past action in which a group stood up or moved upward together. It can describe waking up from sleep, rising from a stance, or beginning an activity after an interruption. In other contexts that describe increases or changes in state, other forms or constructions are typically used, such as aiming at more general or impersonal expressions.

Examples: Me tõusime vara ja läksime tööle. Me tõusime koos ja alustasime päeva.

Etymology: The verb tõusta belongs to the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family and is cognate with Finnish nousta. It is built from the Finnic root for “rise,” with the infinitive form tõusta and the past plural form tõusime.

See also: tõusta; Estonian verbs; conjugation.