Vocab: arenema - to develop
to develop; to evolve; to grow; to progress; to advance; (of a person, skill, situation, technology, or living thing:) to change and become more developed over time — by itself
Building blocks
are-→ root (noun areng “development”)-ne-→ intransitive — the subject changes by itself-ma→ infinitive ending
So literally arenema means: “to come into development on its own”
⚠ Don't confuse it with arendama. arenema = something develops (on its own). arendama = to develop something (you act on it).
How to use it
What to remember
Two patterns are worth knowing:
develop into something → Translative case (-ks): Röövik areneb liblikaks — “The caterpillar develops into a butterfly”
develop from something → Elative case (-st): Röövikust areneb liblikas — “A butterfly develops from a caterpillar”
Example
Röövik areneb ilusaks liblikaks
Literally: “Caterpillar develops beautiful-into butterfly-into”
Idiomatically: “The caterpillar develops into a beautiful butterfly"
Röövik - Noun - Nominative Singular: "the caterpillar"
areneb - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "develops"
ilusaks - Adjective - Translative Singular: "into a beautiful"
liblikaks - Noun - Translative Singular: "into a butterfly"Röövikust areneb ilus liblikas
Literally: “Caterpillar-from develops beautiful butterfly”
Idiomatically: “A beautiful butterfly develops from a caterpillar”
Röövikust - Noun - Elative Singular: "from the caterpillar"
areneb - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "develops"
ilus - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "beautiful"
liblikas - Noun - Nominative Singular: "butterfly"