Vocab: täpsustama - to clarify

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to clarify; to specify; to make more detailed, clearer, and more precise; to determine more precisely

Building blocks

• täpsus- → precision, accuracy

• -ta- → verb-forming suffix (“to make something…”)

• -ma → infinitive ending

So literally “täpsustama” means something like: “to make precise / to make more accurate”

How to use it

What to remember

• What you clarify is in the Partitive case (thrid base form)

Example

Tööandja täpsustas enne alustamist juhiseid

Literally: “Employer clarifies before starting instructions”

Idiomatically: “The employer clarified the instructions before starting”

Tööandja - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Employer"
täpsustas - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "clarified"
enne - Adverb - Indeclinable: "before"
alustamist - Noun - Partitive Plural: "starting"
juhiseid - Noun - Partitive Singular: "instructions"