Vocab: takistama - to hinder

to prevent; to hinder; to obstruct; to disturb, slow down, or make something impossible to happen; to hold someone back or prevent something from occurring

Building blocks

• takista- → this is the stem, conveys the idea of hindering or obstructing

• -ma → infinitive ending

So, "takistama" literally means "to hinder" or "to obstruct."

How to use it

What to remember

• Whom or what something obstructs in in the Partitive Case (third base form)

See these in use ⬇️

Examples

Teele kukkunud puu takistas liiklust

Literally: “Road-onto fallen tree hindered traffic”

Idiomatically: “A tree that had fallen onto the road hindered traffic”

Teele - Noun - Allative Singular: "Onto road"
kukkunud - Verb - Past Participle of "kukkuma" (to fall), used as an adjective: "fallen"
puu - Noun – Nominative Singular: "tree"
takistas – Verb – 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "hindered"
liiklust - Noun - Partitive Singular: "traffic"