No. 621 in Estonian
miljardit
"Miljardit" in English means "billions" (partitive case in Estonian).
In a sentence
Maailmas elab üle seitsme miljardi inimese.
There are over seven billion people living in the world.
The word 'miljardi' is used here as a quantifier in the genitive case to specify the number of people in relation to the numeral seven.
See rahvusvaheline firma teenib aastas miljardeid eurosid kasumit.
This international company earns billions of euros in profit annually.
In this context, 'miljardeid' appears in the plural partitive case to indicate an unspecified but large quantity of billions.
Kahe miljardi aasta pärast võib Päike hämarduda.
In two billion years, the Sun may dim.
Here, 'miljardi' is in the singular genitive case as part of a temporal expression indicating duration.
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