No. 720 in Estonian
juhtuda
"Juhtuda" means "to happen" or "to occur" in English.
In a sentence
Mis võib siin juhtuda?
What could happen here?
In this sentence, 'juhtuda' means 'to happen' or 'what could become of this'. It shows the possibility of an event occurring.
See võis eile juhtuda.
It could have happened yesterday.
Here, 'juhtuda' is used to describe something that potentially occurred in the past, indicating a past event or incident.
Kui midagi ei juhtu, siis jätkame plaani järgi.
If nothing happens, we will proceed according to the plan.
In this sentence, 'juhtu', the negative form of 'juhtuda', is employed to express the absence of any occurrences or events.
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