Vocab: looma - to create
to create; to make; to form; to establish; to think and carry out; to develop; to arise, to emerge
Building blocks
loo- → the root, meaning “create” or “make”.
-ma → infinitive ending
It’s derived from the Proto-Finnic loodak (to create; to make)
How to use it
Examples
Hea suhtlus ja mõistmine loovad tugeva aluse usaldavale sõprusele
Literally: “Good communication and understanding create strong foundation trusting-onto friendship-onto”
Idiomatically: “Good communication and understanding create a strong foundation for a trusting friendship”
Hea - Adjective - Nominative Singular: "Good"
suhtlus - Noun - Nominative Singular: "communication"
ja - Conjunction - Indeclinable: "and"
mõistmine - Noun - Nominative Singular: "understanding"
loovad - Verb - 3rd Person Plural, Present Tense: "create"
tugeva - Adjective - Genitive Singular: "strong"
aluse - Noun - Genitive Singular: "foundation"
usaldavale - Adjective - Allative Singular: "onto trusting"
sõprusele - Noun - Allative Singular: "onto friendship"