Vocab: andestama - to forgive
to forgive; to no longer feel resentment towards someone; to no longer blame someone for a bad deed
Building blocks
ande- → from "and", meaning “gift” or “offer”
-sta- → causative (“make something be X”)
-ma → infinitive ending
So, "andestama" can be understood as "to give (forgiveness)"
How to use it
What to remember
The person whom you forgive is in the Allative case (ending -le)
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Examples
Pärast pikka vestlust otsustas naine mehele andestada
Literally: “After long conversation decided woman man-onto forgive”
Idiomatically: “After a long conversation, the woman decided to forgive the man”
Pärast - Adverb - Indeclinable: "After"
pikka - Adjective - Partitive Singular: "long"
vestlust - Noun - Partitive Singular: "conversation"
otsustas - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "decided"
naine - Noun - Nominative Singular: "woman"
mehele - Noun - Allative Singular: "onto man"
andestada - Verb - da-Infinitive: "to forgive"