No. 183 in Estonian

meile

"Meile" in English means "to us" or "for us."

In a sentence

Tooge meile leiba poest.
Bring us some bread from the store.
Here, 'meile' is used in the allative case, indicating the direction of the action towards 'us' — the recipients of the bread.
See film jättis meile sügava mulje.
This movie left a deep impression on us.
Here, 'meile' is used in the allative case, indicating that 'us' are the indirect object experiencing the impression.
Ta selgitas meile plaani.
He explained the plan to us.
In this sentence, 'meile' is used in the allative case to identify 'us' as the indirect recipients of the explanation.

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