Vocab: maanduma

to land

to land, to descend to a surface, to touch down, to alight, to drop on

Building blocks

We can break down maanduma into different parts:

• maa- ground, land,

• -nda- causative (“make something land”),

• -ndu- (replacing the previous -a)- reflexive “make yourself land”

• -ma - infinitive ending

There is also another verb: maandama. This translates to “to make something land or to ground something”.

In comparison the words maanduma and maandama are literally translated to:

• maanduma - “to make yourself land”

• maandama - “to make something land”

How to use it

With the word maanduma you can land onto something (e.g. the ground, ending: -le), land into something (e.g. the nest, ending: -sse) or land with something (e.g. plane, ending: -ga).

Examples

Langevarjurid maanduvad maapinnale

Literally: “Parachutists land onto ground”

Idiomatically: “Parachutists land onto the ground”

Langevarjurid - Noun - Nom Pl, "Parachutists"
maanduvad - Verb - 3P Present Pl, "land"
maapinnale - Noun - Allative Sg, "onto ground"

Toonekurg maandus tagasi pessa

Literally: “Stork landed back into nest”

Idiomatically: “The stork landed back into its nest”

Toonekurg - Noun - Nom Sg, "Stork"
maandus - Verb - 3P Past Sg, "landed"
tagasi - Adverb -  "back"
pessa - Noun - Illative Sg, "into nest"

Turistid maandusid lennukiga saarele

Literally: “Tourists landed with plane onto island”

Idiomatically: “Tourists landed onto an island with a plane”

Turistid - Noun - Nom Pl, "Tourists"
maandusid - Verb - 3P Past Pl, "landed"
lennukiga - Noun - Comitative Sg, "with plane"
saarele - Noun - Allative Sg, "onto island"