Vocab: hindama - to appreciate
to appreciate; to value; to evaluate; to assess; to determine (approximately) the monetary value, size, amount, age, etc. of something; to give a grade; to have an attitude or opinion in some way; to respect something or someone
Building blocks
hinda- → the root, derived from hind = “price” or “value”
-ma → infinitive ending
So hindama literally means: “to give a value/price”
How to use it
What to remember
What or whom you appreciate or evaluate is in the Partitive case (third base form)
See the example below ⬇️
Examples
Müüja hindab antiikeseme seisukorda
Literally: “Seller evaluates antique-item condition”
Idiomatically: “The seller evaluates the condition of the antique item”
Müüja - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Seller"
hindab - 3rd Person Singular, Present Tense: "evaluates"
antiikeseme - Noun - Genitive Singular: "antique item"
seisukorda - Noun - Partitive Singular: "condition"