arvama
Estonian
Etymology
From arv + -ma.
Verb
arvama (da-infinitive arvata)
- to believe, to assume, to think
- Ma ei arva, et see oleks tark tegu.
- I don't think that would be a smart move.
- Issand jumal, ma arvasin, et ta suri ära.
- Oh my god, I thought he died.
- to assign to a certain post or job
- Paar kaugushüppajat arvati olümpiakoondisse.
- A few long-jumpers were assigned to the olympic team.
- to consider, to count as
- Ravil olemise aeg arvatakse üldise tööstaaži hulka.
- Time spent in hospital is considered a part of your general length of service.
- to guess (usually with ära)
- Ma ei suuda ära arvata, mida ta tahab.
- I can't guess what he wants.
- Suudad arvata, kes vahele jäi?
- Can you guess who got caught?
Conjugation
Inflection of arvama (ÕS type 29/hüppama, no gradation)
| indicative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | arvan | ei arva | 1st sing. | olen arvanud | ei ole arvanud pole arvanud |
| 2nd sing. | arvad | 2nd sing. | oled arvanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | arvab | 3rd sing. | on arvanud | ||
| 1st plur. | arvame | 1st plur. | oleme arvanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | arvate | 2nd plur. | olete arvanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | arvavad | 3rd plur. | on arvanud | ||
| passive | arvatakse | ei arvata | passive | on arvatud | ei ole arvatud pole arvatud |
| past | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | arvasin | ei arvanud | 1st sing. | olin arvanud | ei olnud arvanud polnud arvanud |
| 2nd sing. | arvasid | 2nd sing. | olid arvanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | arvas | 3rd sing. | oli arvanud | ||
| 1st plur. | arvasime | 1st plur. | olime arvanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | arvasite | 2nd plur. | olite arvanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | arvasid | 3rd plur. | oli arvanud | ||
| passive | arvati | ei arvatud | passive | oli arvatud | ei olnud arvatud polnud arvatud |
| conditional | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | arvaksin | ei arvaks | 1st sing. | oleksin arvanud | ei oleks arvanud poleks arvanud |
| 2nd sing. | arvaksid | 2nd sing. | oleksid arvanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | arvaks | 3rd sing. | oleks arvanud | ||
| 1st plur. | arvaksime | 1st plur. | oleksime arvanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | arvaksite | 2nd plur. | oleksite arvanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | arvaksid | 3rd plur. | oleksid arvanud | ||
| passive | arvataks | ei arvataks | passive | oleks arvatud | ei oleks arvatud poleks arvatud |
| imperative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — |
| 2nd sing. | arva | ära arva | 2nd sing. | — | — |
| 3rd sing. | arvaku | ärgu arvaku | 3rd sing. | olgu arvanud | ärgu olgu arvanud |
| 1st plur. | arvakem | ärgem arvakem | 1st plur. | — | — |
| 2nd plur. | arvake | ärge arvake | 2nd plur. | — | — |
| 3rd plur. | arvaku | ärgu arvaku | 3rd plur. | olgu arvanud | ärgu olgu arvanud |
| passive | arvatagu | ärgu arvatagu | passive | olgu arvatud | ärgu olgu arvatud |
| quotative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| active | arvavat | ei arvavat | active | olevat arvanud | ei olevat arvanud polevat arvanud |
| passive | arvatavat | ei arvatavat | passive | olevat arvatud | ei olevat arvatud polevat arvatud |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma-infinitive | da-infinitive | ||||||||
| active | passive | da-form | arvata | ||||||
| nominative | arvama | arvatama | des-form | arvates | |||||
| inessive | arvamas | — | participle | ||||||
| elative | arvamast | — | active | passive | |||||
| translative | arvamaks | — | present | arvav | arvatav | ||||
| abessive | arvamata | — | past | arvanud | arvatud | ||||
Derived terms
- arv
- arve
- arvates