tunnistama
Estonian
Etymology
Irregular derivation from tundma + -stama. Cognate to Finnish tunnistaa. See also tunnustama.
Verb
tunnistama (da-infinitive tunnistada)
- to admit
- Tunnistan, et eksisin.
- I admit that I made a mistake.
- to confess
- Tunnistasin preestrile oma patte.
- I confessed my sins to the priest.
- to recognise
- Ta ei tunnista keisri võimu.
- He doesn't recognise the emperor's power.
- to proselytise, to missionise
- Ta tunnistas külades oma jumalat.
- He proselytised of his God in the villages.
- to testify
- Homme ma lähen tema vastu tunnistama
- I'll go to testify against him tomorrow.
- to be proven (in court)
- Mees tunnistati mõrvas süüdi
- The man was proven guilty of murder.
Conjugation
Inflection of tunnistama (ÕS type 27/elama, no gradation)
| indicative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | tunnistan | ei tunnista | 1st sing. | olen tunnistanud | ei ole tunnistanud pole tunnistanud |
| 2nd sing. | tunnistad | 2nd sing. | oled tunnistanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | tunnistab | 3rd sing. | on tunnistanud | ||
| 1st plur. | tunnistame | 1st plur. | oleme tunnistanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | tunnistate | 2nd plur. | olete tunnistanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | tunnistavad | 3rd plur. | on tunnistanud | ||
| passive | tunnistatakse | ei tunnistata | passive | on tunnistatud | ei ole tunnistatud pole tunnistatud |
| past | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | tunnistasin | ei tunnistanud | 1st sing. | olin tunnistanud | ei olnud tunnistanud polnud tunnistanud |
| 2nd sing. | tunnistasid | 2nd sing. | olid tunnistanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | tunnistas | 3rd sing. | oli tunnistanud | ||
| 1st plur. | tunnistasime | 1st plur. | olime tunnistanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | tunnistasite | 2nd plur. | olite tunnistanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | tunnistasid | 3rd plur. | oli tunnistanud | ||
| passive | tunnistati | ei tunnistatud | passive | oli tunnistatud | ei olnud tunnistatud polnud tunnistatud |
| conditional | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | tunnistaksin | ei tunnistaks | 1st sing. | oleksin tunnistanud | ei oleks tunnistanud poleks tunnistanud |
| 2nd sing. | tunnistaksid | 2nd sing. | oleksid tunnistanud | ||
| 3rd sing. | tunnistaks | 3rd sing. | oleks tunnistanud | ||
| 1st plur. | tunnistaksime | 1st plur. | oleksime tunnistanud | ||
| 2nd plur. | tunnistaksite | 2nd plur. | oleksite tunnistanud | ||
| 3rd plur. | tunnistaksid | 3rd plur. | oleksid tunnistanud | ||
| passive | tunnistataks | ei tunnistataks | passive | oleks tunnistatud | ei oleks tunnistatud poleks tunnistatud |
| imperative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — |
| 2nd sing. | tunnista | ära tunnista | 2nd sing. | — | — |
| 3rd sing. | tunnistagu | ärgu tunnistagu | 3rd sing. | olgu tunnistanud | ärgu olgu tunnistanud |
| 1st plur. | tunnistagem | ärgem tunnistagem | 1st plur. | — | — |
| 2nd plur. | tunnistage | ärge tunnistage | 2nd plur. | — | — |
| 3rd plur. | tunnistagu | ärgu tunnistagu | 3rd plur. | olgu tunnistanud | ärgu olgu tunnistanud |
| passive | tunnistatagu | ärgu tunnistatagu | passive | olgu tunnistatud | ärgu olgu tunnistatud |
| quotative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| active | tunnistavat | ei tunnistavat | active | olevat tunnistanud | ei olevat tunnistanud polevat tunnistanud |
| passive | tunnistatavat | ei tunnistatavat | passive | olevat tunnistatud | ei olevat tunnistatud polevat tunnistatud |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma-infinitive | da-infinitive | ||||||||
| active | passive | da-form | tunnistada | ||||||
| nominative | tunnistama | tunnistatama | des-form | tunnistades | |||||
| inessive | tunnistamas | — | participle | ||||||
| elative | tunnistamast | — | active | passive | |||||
| translative | tunnistamaks | — | present | tunnistav | tunnistatav | ||||
| abessive | tunnistamata | — | past | tunnistanud | tunnistatud | ||||