Vocab: lahendama - to solve

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to solve; to resolve; to work out; to reach an agreement; to find a solution; to resolve a situation; to settle a dispute; to figure out; to find the answer; to realize a concept; to bring a vision to life

Building blocks

• lahend- → comes from “lahendus” (solution)

• -da- → causative (make something be x)

• -ma → infinitive ending

So if we combine the pieces, "lahendama" roughly means:
👉 to cause something to be solved/resolved

How to use it

Example

Lapsed lahendasid vaidluse sõbralikult

Literally: “Children resolved dispute amicably”

Idiomatically: “The children resolved the dispute amicably”

Lapsed - Noun - Nominative Singular: "The children"
lahendasid - Verb - 3rd Person Plural, Past Tense: "resolved"
vaidluse - Noun - Genitive Singular: "the dispute"
sõbralikult - Adverb - Indeclinable: "amicably"