No. 185 in Estonian
venemaal
"In Russia"
In a sentence
Ma käisin eelmisel aastal Venemaal.
I visited Russia last year.
In this sentence, 'Venemaal' is used to indicate the location where the action occurred, with the suffix '-l' marking the inessive case for places.
Venemaal on erinevaid kultuurilisi traditsioone.
In Russia, there are various cultural traditions.
Here, 'Venemaal' is employed to denote the general locative setting in a descriptive statement.
Mina sündisin Venemaal, kuid elan nüüd Eestis.
I was born in Russia but now live in Estonia.
The word 'Venemaal' indicates the place of origin for the person, applying the inessive case form to relate to an action of birth or origin.
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