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meeldima
meeldima
Estonian
Verb
meeldima (da-infinitive meeldida)
- to like
- Mulle meeldivad uued asjad.
- I like new things.
- Kas sulle meeldis see raamat?
- Did you like this book?
- Kas sa talle meeldid?
- Does he/she like you?
- Mu kassidele ei meeldi vesi, aga neile meeldib õlu.
- My cats don't like water, but they like beer.
- Mulle meeldivad uued asjad.
Usage notes
Translating into English as to like, this verb is used with what would be the subject in English in the allative case, and what would be the object in the nominative case. Essentially, as in many Indo-European languages, the subject and object are switched, with a more literal translation of the above example mulle meeldivad uued asjad (“I like new things”) being "New things are pleasing to me".
Conjugation
Inflection of meeldima (ÕS type 27/elama, no gradation)
| indicative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | meeldin | ei meeldi | 1st sing. | olen meeldinud | ei ole meeldinud pole meeldinud |
| 2nd sing. | meeldid | 2nd sing. | oled meeldinud | ||
| 3rd sing. | meeldib | 3rd sing. | on meeldinud | ||
| 1st plur. | meeldime | 1st plur. | oleme meeldinud | ||
| 2nd plur. | meeldite | 2nd plur. | olete meeldinud | ||
| 3rd plur. | meeldivad | 3rd plur. | on meeldinud | ||
| passive | meelditakse | ei meeldita | passive | on meelditud | ei ole meelditud pole meelditud |
| past | pluperfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | meeldisin | ei meeldinud | 1st sing. | olin meeldinud | ei olnud meeldinud polnud meeldinud |
| 2nd sing. | meeldisid | 2nd sing. | olid meeldinud | ||
| 3rd sing. | meeldis | 3rd sing. | oli meeldinud | ||
| 1st plur. | meeldisime | 1st plur. | olime meeldinud | ||
| 2nd plur. | meeldisite | 2nd plur. | olite meeldinud | ||
| 3rd plur. | meeldisid | 3rd plur. | oli meeldinud | ||
| passive | meelditi | ei meelditud | passive | oli meelditud | ei olnud meelditud polnud meelditud |
| conditional | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | meeldiksin | ei meeldiks | 1st sing. | oleksin meeldinud | ei oleks meeldinud poleks meeldinud |
| 2nd sing. | meeldiksid | 2nd sing. | oleksid meeldinud | ||
| 3rd sing. | meeldiks | 3rd sing. | oleks meeldinud | ||
| 1st plur. | meeldiksime | 1st plur. | oleksime meeldinud | ||
| 2nd plur. | meeldiksite | 2nd plur. | oleksite meeldinud | ||
| 3rd plur. | meeldiksid | 3rd plur. | oleksid meeldinud | ||
| passive | meelditaks | ei meelditaks | passive | oleks meelditud | ei oleks meelditud poleks meelditud |
| imperative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — |
| 2nd sing. | meeldi | ära meeldi | 2nd sing. | — | — |
| 3rd sing. | meeldigu | ärgu meeldigu | 3rd sing. | olgu meeldinud | ärgu olgu meeldinud |
| 1st plur. | meeldigem | ärgem meeldigem | 1st plur. | — | — |
| 2nd plur. | meeldige | ärge meeldige | 2nd plur. | — | — |
| 3rd plur. | meeldigu | ärgu meeldigu | 3rd plur. | olgu meeldinud | ärgu olgu meeldinud |
| passive | meelditagu | ärgu meelditagu | passive | olgu meelditud | ärgu olgu meelditud |
| quotative | |||||
| present | perfect | ||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative |
| active | meeldivat | ei meeldivat | active | olevat meeldinud | ei olevat meeldinud polevat meeldinud |
| passive | meelditavat | ei meelditavat | passive | olevat meelditud | ei olevat meelditud polevat meelditud |
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ma-infinitive | da-infinitive | ||||||||
| active | passive | da-form | meeldida | ||||||
| nominative | meeldima | meelditama | des-form | meeldides | |||||
| inessive | meeldimas | — | participle | ||||||
| elative | meeldimast | — | active | passive | |||||
| translative | meeldimaks | — | present | meeldiv | meelditav | ||||
| abessive | meeldimata | — | past | meeldinud | meelditud | ||||