Vocab: otsima - to search
to search; to look for; to seek; to discover; to try to achieve something
Building blocks
otsi- → the root meaning search / look for
-ma → infinitive ending
So otsima literally means: otsi- + -ma = otsima → to search / to look for.
How to use it
What to remember
What or whom you search for is in the Partitive case (third base form)
See the example below ⬇️
Examples
Õpilased otsivad internetist teavet uurimistöö jaoks
Literally: “Students are searching internet-from information research-paper for”
Idiomatically: “The students are searching the internet for information for their research paper”
Õpilased - Noun - Nominative Plural: "Students"
otsivad - Verb - 3rd Person Plural, Present Tense: "are searching"
internetist - Noun - Elative Singular: "from internet"
teavet - Noun - Partitive Singular: "information"
uurimistöö - Noun - Genitive Singular: "research paper"
jaoks - Postposition - Indeclinable: "for"