tagama
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Estonian
Etymology
Cognate with Finnish taata. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
tagama (da-infinitive tagada)
- (transitive) to ensure, to guarantee
- Synonym: garanteerima
Conjugation
Conjugation of tagama (ÕS type 27/elama, no gradation)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | tagan | ei taga | 1st sing. | olen taganud | ei ole taganud pole taganud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | tagad | 2nd sing. | oled taganud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | tagab | 3rd sing. | on taganud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | tagame | 1st plur. | oleme taganud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | tagate | 2nd plur. | olete taganud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | tagavad | 3rd plur. | on taganud | ||||||
| impersonal | tagatakse | ei tagata | impersonal | on tagatud | ei ole tagatud pole tagatud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | tagasin | ei taganud | 1st sing. | olin taganud | ei olnud taganud polnud taganud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | tagasid | 2nd sing. | olid taganud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | tagas | 3rd sing. | oli taganud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | tagasime | 1st plur. | olime taganud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | tagasite | 2nd plur. | olite taganud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | tagasid | 3rd plur. | oli taganud | ||||||
| impersonal | tagati | ei tagatud | impersonal | oli tagatud | ei olnud tagatud polnud tagatud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | tagaksin | ei tagaks | 1st sing. | taganuksin oleksin taganud |
ei taganuks ei oleks taganud poleks taganud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | tagaksid | 2nd sing. | taganuksid oleksid taganud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | tagaks | 3rd sing. | taganuks oleks taganud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | tagaksime | 1st plur. | taganuksime oleksime taganud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | tagaksite | 2nd plur. | taganuksite oleksite taganud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | tagaksid | 3rd plur. | taganuksid oleksid taganud | ||||||
| impersonal | tagataks | ei tagataks | impersonal | oleks tagatud | ei oleks tagatud poleks tagatud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | taga | ära taga | 2nd sing. | ole taganud | ära ole taganud | ||||
| 3rd sing. | tagagu | ärgu tagagu | 3rd sing. | olgu taganud | ärgu olgu taganud | ||||
| 1st plur. | tagagem | ärme tagame ärme taga ärgem tagagem |
1st plur. | olgem taganud | ärme oleme taganud ärme ole taganud ärgem olgem taganud | ||||
| 2nd plur. | tagage | ärge tagage | 2nd plur. | olge taganud | ärge olge taganud | ||||
| 3rd plur. | tagagu | ärgu tagagu | 3rd plur. | olgu taganud | ärgu olgu taganud | ||||
| impersonal | tagatagu | ärgu tagatagu | impersonal | olgu tagatud | ärgu olgu tagatud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | tagavat | ei tagavat | active | olevat taganud | ei olevat taganud polevat taganud | ||||
| passive | tagatavat | ei tagatavat | passive | olevat tagatud | ei olevat tagatud polevat tagatud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | tagama | tagatama | nominative | tagada | olla taganud | ||||
| illative | — | inessive | tagades | olles taganud | |||||
| inessive | tagamas | participle | active | passive | |||||
| elative | tagamast | present | tagav | tagatav | |||||
| translative | tagamaks | past | taganud | tagatud | |||||
| abessive | tagamata | negative | tagamatu | — | |||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “tagama”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “tagama”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “tagama”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- tagama in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)