Vocab: unistama - to dream

to dream; to wish; to daydream; to hope; to imagine achieving something desirable; to fantasize about something unreal; to be in a lazy state

Building blocks

• uni- - "dream" or "sleep"

• -sta- - causative (“make something be X”)

• -ma - infinitive ending

So "unistama" comes from “uni” (sleep) and is about imagining or longing for something, like a dream you hope for.

How to use it

What to remember

• Whom or what you dream about is in the Elative Case (ending -st)

See this in use ⬇️

Edukas ettevõtja unistas lapsena hoopis lilleseadja ametist

Literally: “Successful entrepreneur dreamed child-as instead florist profession-from”

Idiomatically: “As a child, the now-successful entrepreneur dreamed of becoming a florist”

Edukas - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "Successful"
ettevõtja - Noun - Nominative Singular: "entrepreneur"
unistas - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "dreamed"
lapsena - Noun - Essive Singular: "as a child"
hoopis - Adverb - Indeclinable: "instead"
lilleseadja - Noun - Nominative Singular: "florist"
ametist - Noun - Elative Singular: "about profession"