No. 872 in Estonian
elama
To live.
In a sentence
Ma elan suures majas.
I live in a big house.
Here, 'elama' is used to express residence in a location, in this case, a 'big house.'
Ta tahab elada tervislikku elu.
He wants to live a healthy life.
In this sentence, 'elama' expresses the action of 'living' and is paired with 'tervislikku elu,' denoting the type of life the subject aspires to have.
Pärast pikka matka tundsime, et jälle elame.
After a long hike, we felt alive again.
Here, 'elama' figuratively conveys the state of feeling energized or 'alive,' a common idiomatic use in the language.
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