Vocab: alateadlik - subconscious
subconscious; instinctive
Building blocks
ala- → prefix meaning below, under, sub-
-teadlik → conscious, aware
So literally alateadlik = below consciousness → subconscious / not consciously controlled
How to use it:
Here is how you use the word “alateadlik” ⬇️
Examples
Pingelises olukorras tekkis poisil alateadlik kaitsemehhanism
Literally: “Tense-in situation-in emerged boy-on subconscious defense-mechanism”
Idiomatically: “In a tense situation, a subconscious defense mechanism emerged in the boy”
Pingelises - Adjective - Inessive Singular: "In tense"
olukorras - Noun - Inessive Singular: "in situation"
tekkis - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "emerged"
poisil - Noun - Adessive Singular: "on boy"
alateadlik - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "subconscious"
kaitsemehhanism - Noun - Nominative Singular: "defense mechanism"