Vocab: heasüdamlik

kind-hearted

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kind-hearted, warmhearted, good-natured

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Building blocks

• hea- - good

• -süda- heart

• -lik - an adjective-forming ending

So similarly to English kind-hearted, heasüdamlik literally translates to good-hearted.

How to use it:

1. Describing a person's character:

   • Estonian: Minu vanaema on heasüdamlik naine, kes alati aitab teisi.

     • Translation: My grandmother is a kind-hearted woman who always helps others.

2. Complimenting someone's actions:

   • Estonian: Õpetaja on väga heasüdamlik, ta alati hoolitseb oma õpilaste eest.

     • Translation: The teacher is very kind-hearted, she always takes care of her students.

Examples

Printsi tunti kui heasüdamlikku ja õiglast valitsejat

Literally: “Prince was known as kind-hearted and just ruler”

Idiomatically: “The prince was known to be a kind-hearted and just ruler”

Printsi - Noun - Partitive Sg, "Prince"
tunti - Verb - Impersonal Past Positive, "was known"
kui - Conjunction - Indeclinable, "as"
heasüdamlikku - Adjective - Partitive Sg, "kind-hearted"
ja - Conjunction - Indeclinable, "and"
õiglast - Adjective - Partitive Sg, "fair"
valitsejat - Noun - Partitive Sg, "ruler"