Vocab: kujundama - to design
to shape; to form; to design; to mould; to give form to something; (figuratively:) to shape or form an opinion, a worldview
Building blocks
kujund- → base (a figure, image, design; from kuju “shape, form”)
-a- → verb-forming suffix
-ma → infinitive ending
So literally kujundama means: “to give shape/form to something”
How to use it
What to remember
What you shape or design is in the Partitive case (third base form)
Example
Disainer kujundab parasjagu uut plakatit
Literally: “Designer designs just-now new poster”
Idiomatically: “The designer is designing a new poster right now”
Disainer — Noun — Nominative Singular: "the designer"
kujundab — Verb — 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "is designing"
parasjagu — Adverb: "just now, at the moment"
uut — Adjective — Partitive Singular: "new"
plakatit — Noun — Partitive Singular: "poster"