Vocab: tõstma - to lift
to lift; to raise; to increase; to move or place something or someone to a higher position; to put something from one place to another; to increase an amount, quantity, or level; to initiate something
Building blocks
tõst- → the root, meaning “to lift” or “to raise”
-ma → infinitive ending
So tõstma literally means: “to do the action of raising/lifting.”
How to use it
What to remember
What or whom you lift is in the Partitive case (third base form)
See the example below ⬇️
Examples
Kohv annab energiat, aga tõstab ka vererõhku
Literally: “Coffee gives energy, but raises also blood-pressure”
Idiomatically: “Coffee gives energy, but it also raises blood pressure”
Kohv - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Coffee"
annab - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "gives"
energiat - Noun - Partitive Singular: "energy"
aga - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "but"
tõstab - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "raises"
ka - Adverb - Indeclinable: "also"
vererõhku - Noun - Partitive Singular: "blood pressure"