soolama
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *soolat'ak, equivalent to sool + -ma. Cognate with Finnish suolata.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
soolama (da-infinitive soolata)
- (transitive) to salt
- To conserve something with sodium chloride.
- Kalamarja ostab Indrek hulgimüügist, lõhe ja forelli soolab ise.
- Indrek buys the caviar from a wholesale, he salts the salmon and the trout himself.
- Synonym: sisse soolama
- To sprinkle a mixture of salt and sand on roads in order to melt ice.
- Puhastajad asusid teid soolama pühapäeva õhtul.
- The workers started to sprinkle the roads with salt on Sunday evening.
- Synonym: soolatama
- (figurative) To spice up a story, include colorful (but not offensive) language.
- Natuke irooniat, mis soolatud tõeteradega.
- A little bit of irony spiced up with truth.
- To conserve something with sodium chloride.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of soolama (ÕS type 29/hüppama, no gradation)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | soolan | ei soola | 1st sing. | olen soolanud | ei ole soolanud pole soolanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | soolad | 2nd sing. | oled soolanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | soolab | 3rd sing. | on soolanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | soolame | 1st plur. | oleme soolanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | soolate | 2nd plur. | olete soolanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | soolavad | 3rd plur. | on soolanud | ||||||
| passive | soolatakse | ei soolata | passive | on soolatud | ei ole soolatud pole soolatud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | soolasin | ei soolanud | 1st sing. | olin soolanud | ei olnud soolanud polnud soolanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | soolasid | 2nd sing. | olid soolanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | soolas | 3rd sing. | oli soolanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | soolasime | 1st plur. | olime soolanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | soolasite | 2nd plur. | olite soolanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | soolasid | 3rd plur. | oli soolanud | ||||||
| passive | soolati | ei soolatud | passive | oli soolatud | ei olnud soolatud polnud soolatud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | soolaksin | ei soolaks | 1st sing. | soolanuksin oleksin soolanud |
ei soolanuks ei oleks soolanud poleks soolanud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | soolaksid | 2nd sing. | soolanuksid oleksid soolanud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | soolaks | 3rd sing. | soolanuks oleks soolanud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | soolaksime | 1st plur. | soolanuksime oleksime soolanud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | soolaksite | 2nd plur. | soolanuksite oleksite soolanud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | soolaksid | 3rd plur. | soolanuksid oleksid soolanud | ||||||
| passive | soolataks | ei soolataks | passive | oleks soolatud | ei oleks soolatud poleks soolatud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | soola | ära soola | 2nd sing. | ole soolanud | ära ole soolanud | ||||
| 3rd sing. | soolaku | ärgu soolaku | 3rd sing. | olgu soolanud | ärgu olgu soolanud | ||||
| 1st plur. | soolakem | ärme soolame ärme soola ärgem soolakem |
1st plur. | olgem soolanud | ärme oleme soolanud ärme ole soolanud ärgem olgem soolanud | ||||
| 2nd plur. | soolake | ärge soolake | 2nd plur. | olge soolanud | ärge olge soolanud | ||||
| 3rd plur. | soolaku | ärgu soolaku | 3rd plur. | olgu soolanud | ärgu olgu soolanud | ||||
| passive | soolatagu | ärgu soolatagu | passive | olgu soolatud | ärgu olgu soolatud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | soolavat | ei soolavat | active | olevat soolanud | ei olevat soolanud polevat soolanud | ||||
| passive | soolatavat | ei soolatavat | passive | olevat soolatud | ei olevat soolatud polevat soolatud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | soolama | soolatama | nominative | soolata | olla soolanud | ||||
| illative | — | inessive | soolates | olles soolanud | |||||
| inessive | soolamas | participle | active | passive | |||||
| elative | soolamast | present | soolav | soolatav | |||||
| translative | soolamaks | past | soolanud | soolatud | |||||
| abessive | soolamata | negative | soolamatu | — | |||||
Synonyms edit
- (to conserve using salt): sisse soolama
- (to conserve using salt): soolatama