No. 274 in Estonian

maja

House.

In a sentence

See on ilus maja.
This is a beautiful house.
In this sentence, 'maja' is used to denote a physical building meant as a home or house.
Me lähme homme ühte majja, et seminaril osaleda.
We are going to a house tomorrow to participate in a seminar.
Here, 'majja' indicates movement into a particular house, showing its inessive case form used for location.
Maja katus on punane.
The roof of the house is red.
In this sentence, 'maja' is in the genitive case to show possession, linking the roof to the house.

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