Vocab: paratamatu - inevitable

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inevitable; unavoidable; bound to happen; beyond one’s control; necessary

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Building blocks

• paratama- → to avoid, to get around (verb stem - not used as a normal everyday verb)

• -tu → an adjective-forming ending meaning “without, lacking”

So paratamatu literally means something like: without the possibility to avoid

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “paratamatu” ⬇️

Examples

Riskide eiramine muudab kaotuse paratamatuks

Literally: “Risks ignoring makes loss inevitable-into”

Idiomatically: “Ignoring risks makes loss inevitable”

Riskide - Noun - Genitive Plural: "Risks"
eiramine - Noun - Nominative Singular: "ignoring"
muudab - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "makes"
kaotuse - Noun - Genitive Singular: "loss"
paratamatuks - Adjective - Translative Singular: "into inevitable"