No. 672 in Estonian
minuti
"Minuti" is the genitive case of "minut," meaning "of a minute" in English.
In a sentence
Palun oota üks minut, ma tulen kohe.
Please wait one minute, I will come immediately.
In this sentence, 'minut' is in its nominative singular form meaning 'minute', and it signifies a unit of time.
Selle ülesande täitmine võttis kümme minutit.
Completing this task took ten minutes.
Here, 'minutit' is in the partitive singular form denoting 'minutes', used following a numeral and thus indicating an extent of time in the numeric sense.
Olen selle asja pärast juba mitu minutit mõelnud.
I have already been thinking about this matter for several minutes.
In this example, 'minutit' appears in the partitive plural form showing 'minutes', reflecting the duration in terms of an abstract quantity.
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