Vocab: avaldama - to publish

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to express; to declare; to publish; to express a thought, feeling, or attitude — usually by saying it, showing it, or in some other way; to make something publicly available

Building blocks

• aval- → from avalik, meaning public, open

• -da- → causative (“make something be X”)

• -ma → infinitive ending

So avaldama literally means “to make open/public”

How to use it

What to remember

• What you publish or express is in the Partitive case (third base form)

See the example below ⬇️

Examples

Film avaldas vaatajatele tugevat mõju

Literally: “Movie had viewers-onto powerful impact”

Idiomatically: “The movie had a powerful impact on the viewers”

Film - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Movie"
avaldas - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "expressed/made/had"
vaatajatele - Noun - Allative Plural: "onto viewers"
tugevat - Adjective - Partitive Singular: "powerful"
mõju - Noun - Partitive Singular: "effect/impact"