No. 756 in Estonian
toimuv
The Estonian word "toimuv" means "happening" or "occurring" in English.
In a sentence
Kooli juures toimuv kontsert tõmbab palju kuulajaid.
The concert taking place at the school attracts many listeners.
In this sentence, 'toimuv' describes an ongoing event, 'taking place' or 'happening' at the school, serving a descriptive role for the concert.
Toimuv diskussioon on tähtis meie projekti arenguks.
The ongoing discussion is important for the development of our project.
Here, 'toimuv' is used to describe 'discussion' as something ongoing or occurring in the current context of the sentence.
Raamat räägib 19. sajandil toimuvast draamast.
The book tells about a drama taking place in the 19th century.
In this usage, 'toimuvast' is the declension of 'toimuv' in the elative case to fit the grammatical structure, indicating the nature of 'drama' as occurring in the specified past time.
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