Vocab: kasutama - to use

to use; to use an object, device, material, or tool for a specific purpose; to get help or benefit from something; to say or write certain words or expressions to express an idea

Building blocks

• kasu- → “benefit,” “profit,” or “use”

• -ta- → causative (“make something be X”)

• -ma → infinitive ending

So literally: kasu-ta-ma → “to make use” or “to cause benefit.” You’re basically causing something to give benefit.

How to use it

What to remember

• What you use is in the Partitive case (third base form)

See the example below ⬇️

Examples

Eile kasutasin oma vaba aega jalutamiseks

Literally: “Yesterday I used my free time walking-into”

Idiomatically: “Yesterday I used my free time for a walk”

Eile - Adverb - Indeclinable: "Yesterday"
kasutasin - Verb - 1st Person Singular, Past Tense: "I used"
oma - Pronoun - Genitive Singular: "my"
aega - Noun - Partitive Singular: "time"
jalutamiseks - Noun - Translative Singular: "for walking"