tagasi
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
A form of taga. Compare Finnish takaisin.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
tagasi (not comparable)
- back, backwards
- In the opposite direction.
- astu samm tagasi ― take a step back
- kalluta pea tagasi ― tilt your head backwards
- Keerasin raamatus paar lehte tagasi.
- I turned back a few pages in the book.
- Kella tuleb tagasi keerata.
- The clock needs to be turned back.
- Antonym: edasi
- In(to) the starting point, the former situation.
- pilet Tartust Tallinna ja tagasi ― a ticket from Tartu to Tallinn and back
- Isa on arsti juurest tagasi.
- Dad is back from the doctor's office.
- In response, in return, in retaliation
- Poiss äigas lööjale tagasi.
- The boy hit him back.
- Further back in time towards the past.
- elule tagasi vaatama ― to look back at life
- ajas tagasi rändama ― to travel back in time
- Heidame nüüd pilgu tagasi.
- Let's take a look back.
- See lugu läheb tagasi möödunud sajandisse.
- This story goes back to the last century.
- In the opposite direction.
Related terms edit
Postposition edit
(partitive +) tagasi
- ago
- kaua aega tagasi ― a long time ago
- aastaid tagasi ― years ago
- Ta sündis viiskümmend aastat tagasi.
- He was born fifty years ago.
- Mõni aeg tagasi veel elati siin külas.
- Some time ago, this village was still inhabited.
- Abiellusime aasta tagasi.
- We got married a year ago.