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)

See this in use ⬇️

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"