Understanding the Illative Case in Eesti
The Illative Case is a special way to show movement towards something. In English, we often use words like 'into' to show this idea. In Eesti, we change the end of the word to show this movement.
Important Points
- The Illative Case is used to express movement into or towards a place.
- It often involves changing the ending of a noun.
- It can be used for physical places, like 'into the house', or abstract ideas, like 'into the idea'.
To use the Illative Case, we usually add a special ending to the word. The ending we choose depends on the word itself and how it sounds.
Examples
- maja sse (into the house)
- kooli e (to school)
- metsa de (into the forest)
Let's look at some examples to understand how these endings work. If you want to say 'into the house', you take the word 'maja' (house) and add '-sse' to make 'majasse'.
Examples
- raamat ute (into the books)
- auto sse (into the car)
- tuppa e (into the room)
Remember, the Illative Case is all about showing movement into or towards something. It's like a magic trick that changes the word to show where you're going!