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Grammar: Terminative - until

The Terminative expresses reaching until a certain point in time or space and is usually translated with "until"

Sep 25, 2023
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There last bunch of cases, unfortunately, doesn’t follow any patterns:

  • the “Abessive” (Estonian: “ilmaütlev” - “without saying”): translates as “without”

  • the “Terminative” (Estonian: “rajav”): up to/until something

  • the “Comitative” (Estonian: “kaasaütlev” - “with saying”): together with somebody/something

In this article, we’re taking a detailed look at the Terminative case 👇

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