No. 782 in Estonian

venemaad

"Venemaad" is the partitive singular form of "Venemaa," meaning "Russia" in English.

In a sentence

Ma olen Venemaal käinud mitu korda.
I have visited Russia several times.
In this sentence, 'Venemaal' is the adessive case of 'Venemaa', indicating location in or on Russia.
Mulle meeldib õhtuti Venemaad uurida kaardi pealt.
I like to explore Russia on the map in the evenings.
Here, 'Venemaad' is the partitive case of 'Venemaa', showing a focus on the object of exploration.
Venemaa on väga suur riik.
Russia is a very large country.
In this case, 'Venemaa' is in the nominative case and serves as the subject of the sentence.

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