Õpetate

Õpetate is the present tense, second-person plural form of the Estonian verb õpetama, meaning to teach. It is used when addressing more than one person (or in polite form) to indicate the act of teaching.

Morphology and usage: The stem is 'õpet-'. In the present indicative, the 2nd person plural ending is '-ate', yielding 'õpetate'. Related forms include 'õpetan' (I teach), 'õpetad' (you teach, singular), 'õpetab' (he/she teaches), 'õpetame' (we teach), and 'õpetavad' (they teach). The form is common in educational contexts and in everyday instruction.

Examples: Te õpetate matemaatikat koolis. Kas te õpetate lapsi pärast kooli?

Notes: In Estonian, the second-person plural form is also used for polite address, so 'teie' (you, plural or formal) uses the same verb form as plural. There is no separate formal singular conjugation in this verb paradigm. The word emphasizes the act of teaching rather than a physical location, and it appears across settings from schools to private lessons.