No. 620 in Estonian
meest
"Meest" is the partitive singular form of "mees," meaning "man."
In a sentence
Nägin eile ühte meest pargis jalutamas.
I saw a man walking in the park yesterday.
In this sentence, 'meest' is in the partitive case, which is used here to indicate an unspecified man whom the subject noticed.
See auto kuulub sellele mehele, kes seal seisab.
That car belongs to the man who is standing over there.
Here, 'mees' changes to 'mehele', the allative case, showing possession or direction towards the man.
Mehed töötavad koos, kuid see meest eristab nende arusaamist tööst.
The men work together, but this man distinguishes their understanding of work.
In this example, 'meest' is again in the partitive case, used to denote the specific part or individual from a group being referenced.
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