No. 845 in Estonian
öeldakse
"Öeldakse" means "it is said" in English.
In a sentence
Eestis öeldakse tihti, et loodus on ilus.
In Estonia, it is often said that nature is beautiful.
It is used to indicate a general saying or statement commonly expressed in the region.
Räägiti, et homme öeldakse rohkem selle teema kohta.
It was said that tomorrow more will be told about this topic.
Functioning in the passive voice to indicate that someone will provide more information, but the agent is unspecified.
Raamatus öeldakse, kui tähtis on hoolitseda oma tervise eest.
The book says how important it is to take care of your health.
Here, it refers to information being stated or communicated within a written source, a book.
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