Vocab: pettuma - to get disappointed

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to get disappointed; to become disappointed; to feel dissatisfaction because of unfulfilled expectations or hopes

Building blocks

• pett- → comes from petma (to deceive)

• -u- → reflexive (affects the subject themself)

• -ma → infinitive ending

So pettuma literally means something like "to deceive oneself"

How to use it

What to remember

• Whom or what you get disappointed in is in the Inessive case (ending - s)

Examples

Paljud inimesed pettusid valimiste tulemustes

Literally: “Many people were disappointed election results-in”

Idiomatically: “Many people were disappointed with the election results”

Paljud - Pronoun - Nominative Plural: "Many"
inimesed - Noun - Nominative Singular: "people"
pettusid - Verb - 3rd Person Plural, Past Tense: "were disappointed"
valimiste - Noun - Genitive Plural: "election"
tulemustes - Noun - Inessive Plural: "in results"