No. 642 in Estonian
aasta
The Estonian word "aasta" means "year" in English.
In a sentence
See aasta on olnud väga hea.
This year has been very good.
Here, 'aasta' is used to refer to the current year in a nominative case, acting as the subject of the sentence.
Ma lõpetasin kooli eelmisel aastal.
I graduated school last year.
In this sentence, 'aastal' is the adessive case form of 'aasta', indicating the time when the event happened.
Ta plaanib minna puhkusereisile järgmisel aastal.
He plans to go on a vacation next year.
Here, 'aastal' also indicates a time frame in the future, showing the temporal use of 'aasta' in the adessive case.
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