Vocab: küsima - to ask
to ask; to find out something by asking questions; to ask for
Building blocks
küsi- → root meaning “ask/question”
-ma → infinitive ending
So literally küsima means: “to do asking”
How to use it
What to remember
The person from whom you ask something is in the Ablative case (ending -lt)
The thing being asked is in the Partitive case (third base form)
Example
Küsi emalt luba!
Literally: “Ask mum-from permission”
Idiomatically: “Ask mum for permission!”
Küsi - Verb - 2nd Person Singular, Imperative mood: "Ask"
emalt - Noun - Ablative Singular: "from mum"
luba - Noun - Partitive Singular: "permission"Ta küsis minult nõu
Literally: “He/She asked me-from advice”
Idiomatically: “He/She asked me for advice”
Ta - Pronoun - Nominative Singular: "He/She"
küsis - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Past Tense: "asked"
minult - Pronoun - Ablative Singular: "from me"
nõu - Noun - Partitive Singular: "advice"