No. 250 in Estonian
hommikul
"In the morning."
In a sentence
Hommikul joome tavaliselt kohvi.
In the morning, we usually drink coffee.
Here, 'hommikul' specifies the time of day when the activity ('drinking coffee') takes place, functioning as a temporal adverb.
Ma nägin hommikul metsa ääres rebast.
In the morning, I saw a fox by the forest edge.
In this sentence, 'hommikul' indicates the time of the occurrence of the event ('seeing the fox').
Hommikul oli ilm jahe, aga pärastlõunal soojenes.
In the morning, the weather was cool, but in the afternoon it warmed up.
Here, 'hommikul' helps contrast the morning's weather condition with that of a different time ('in the afternoon').
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