Vocab: kinkima - to gift
to gift; to give something to someone as a token of attention; to give something to someone free of charge; to let something go; to forgive
Building blocks
kinki- → from kink = gift / present
-ma → infinitive ending
So kinkima literally means: “to gift” / “to give as a present”
How to use it
What to remember
To whom you gift something is in the Allative case (ending -le)
See the examples below ⬇️
Examples
Laps kinkis vanaemale joonistuse
Literally: “Child gifted grandmother-onto drawing”
Idiomatically: “The child gave a drawing to grandmother as a gift”
Laps - Noun - Nominative Singular: "Child"
kinkis - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "gifted"
vanaemale - Noun - Allative Singular: "to grandmother"
joonistuse - Noun - Genitive Singular: "drawing"