Vocab: eitama - to deny
to deny; to say ‘no’; to disown; to be against something; to consider something wrong or unnecessary
Building blocks
eita- → deny/not accept
-ma → infinitive ending
Eitama literally comes from “ei” (no) and means “to say no” or “to deny”
How to use it
What to remember
What you deny is in the Partitive Case (third base form)
Example
Kahtlusalune eitas kuritegu, vaatamata selgetele tõenditele
Literally: “Suspect denied crime despite clear-onto evidence-onto”
Idiomatically: “The suspect denied the crime despite clear evidence”
Kahtlusalune - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Suspect"
eitas - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "denied"
kuritegu - Noun - Partitive Singular: "crime"
vaatamata - Converb form (from vaatama) - Indeclinable: "despite"
selgetele - Adjective - Allative Plural: "onto clear"
tõenditele - Noun - Allative Plural: "onto evidence"