kartma
Estonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Finnic *karttadak.
Verb
kartma (da-infinitive karta)
- to be afraid (of), to fear (consider or expect with apprehension or alarm)
- to be afraid, to fear (that) (regret that something is or may be the case)
Conjugation
Conjugation of kartma (ÕS type 34/saatma, t-d gradation)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | kardan | ei karda | 1st sing. | olen kartnud | ei ole kartnud pole kartnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | kardad | 2nd sing. | oled kartnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | kardab | 3rd sing. | on kartnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | kardame | 1st plur. | oleme kartnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | kardate | 2nd plur. | olete kartnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | kardavad | 3rd plur. | on kartnud | ||||||
| impersonal | kardetakse | ei kardeta | impersonal | on kardetud | ei ole kardetud pole kardetud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | kartsin | ei kartnud | 1st sing. | olin kartnud | ei olnud kartnud polnud kartnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | kartsid | 2nd sing. | olid kartnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | kartis | 3rd sing. | oli kartnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | kartsime | 1st plur. | olime kartnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | kartsite | 2nd plur. | olite kartnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | kartsid | 3rd plur. | oli kartnud | ||||||
| impersonal | kardeti | ei kardetud | impersonal | oli kardetud | ei olnud kardetud polnud kardetud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | kardaksin | ei kardaks | 1st sing. | kartnuksin oleksin kartnud |
ei kartnuks ei oleks kartnud poleks kartnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | kardaksid | 2nd sing. | kartnuksid oleksid kartnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | kardaks | 3rd sing. | kartnuks oleks kartnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | kardaksime | 1st plur. | kartnuksime oleksime kartnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | kardaksite | 2nd plur. | kartnuksite oleksite kartnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | kardaksid | 3rd plur. | kartnuksid oleksid kartnud | ||||||
| impersonal | kardetaks | ei kardetaks | impersonal | oleks kardetud | ei oleks kardetud poleks kardetud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | karda | ära karda | 2nd sing. | ole kartnud | ära ole kartnud | ||||
| 3rd sing. | kartku | ärgu kartku | 3rd sing. | olgu kartnud | ärgu olgu kartnud | ||||
| 1st plur. | kartkem | ärme kardame ärme karda ärgem kartkem |
1st plur. | olgem kartnud | ärme oleme kartnud ärme ole kartnud ärgem olgem kartnud | ||||
| 2nd plur. | kartke | ärge kartke | 2nd plur. | olge kartnud | ärge olge kartnud | ||||
| 3rd plur. | kartku | ärgu kartku | 3rd plur. | olgu kartnud | ärgu olgu kartnud | ||||
| impersonal | kardetagu | ärgu kardetagu | impersonal | olgu kardetud | ärgu olgu kardetud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | kartvat | ei kartvat | active | olevat kartnud | ei olevat kartnud polevat kartnud | ||||
| passive | kardetavat | ei kardetavat | passive | olevat kardetud | ei olevat kardetud polevat kardetud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | kartma | kardetama | nominative | karta | olla kartnud | ||||
| illative | — | inessive | kartes | olles kartnud | |||||
| inessive | kartmas | participle | active | passive | |||||
| elative | kartmast | present | kartev | kardetav | |||||
| translative | kartmaks | past | kartnud | kardetud | |||||
| abessive | kartmata | negative | kartmatu | — | |||||
Further reading
- “kartma”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “kartma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “kartma”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- kartma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)