Vocab: kordama - to repeat
to repeat; to review/revise; to do, say, or bring something up again, a second time, or repeatedly; to go over learned material again, additionally, or as a reminder; to imitate something
Building blocks
korda- → related to the word kord (“time, occasion”), carries the meaning again / repetition / another time
-ma → infinitive ending
So literally “kordama” means something like: “to do again / to do another time.”
How to use it
What to remember
Kordama can take an et-clause to introduce the statement or idea that is being repeated
Example
Juht kordas, et projekt tuleb lõpetada sel nädalal
Literally: “Manager repeated that project must-be finished this-on week-on”
Idiomatically: “The manager repeated that the project must be finished this week”
Juht - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Manager"
kordas - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "repeated"
et - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "that"
projekt - Noun - Nominative Singular: "project"
tuleb - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "must be"
lõpetada - Verb - da-Infintive: "finished"
sel - Pronoun - Adessive Singular: "this-on"
nädalal - Noun - Adessive Singular: "week-on"