tõusite

Tõusite is an Estonian verb form, the second-person plural past indicative of the verb tõusma, meaning "to rise", "to get up" or "to ascend". It is used to address more than one person (te) or a single person in a polite/formal register, indicating a completed action in the past: for example, "Te tõusite hommikul vara" ("You got up early in the morning").

Morphology and pronunciation: tõusite is formed from the stem tõus- plus the past-tense/person ending -ite. Estonian primary stress falls on the first syllable, so the word is pronounced approximately as TÕU-si-te (IPA: [ˈtɤu̯site]). The corresponding negative past construction uses the auxiliary ei: "te ei tõusnud" ("you did not get up").

Grammatical context: as a simple past (preterite) form, tõusite reports a completed action without expressing habitual aspect. It contrasts with the present second-person plural tõusete ("you get up"/"you will get up" in some contexts) and the perfect forms constructed with the auxiliary olla plus past participle (oled/olete tõusnud).

Usage notes: tõusite appears in everyday speech, written narratives, and polite address. It participates in regular conjugation patterns of Estonian verbs and follows typical rules for negation, question formation, and agreement with the subject pronoun te.