No. 897 in Estonian

meist

"Meist" in English means "of us" or "about us."

In a sentence

Kas sa tead midagi meist?
Do you know anything about us?
In this sentence, 'meist' means 'about us' or 'in relation to us' and functions as a postposition.
Üks meist peaks sellega tegelema.
One of us should deal with it.
Here, 'meist' translates to 'of us' and signifies belonging or a partitive relation among a group.
Meist võib saada eeskuju kõigile.
We could become an example for everyone.
In this case, 'meist' implies 'from us' or 'out of us,' indicating the origin or starting point of something.

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